000 WTNT35 KNHC 080235 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL102010 1000 PM CDT TUE SEP 07 2010 ...HERMINE BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL TO CENTRAL TEXAS... SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...31.6N 99.5W ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM SSE OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM S OF ABILENE TEXAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.5 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST FORECAST TO OCCUR BY THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...A WIND GUST TO 43 MPH... 69 KM/HR...WAS REPORTED IN BRADY TEXAS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS HERMINE MOVES FARTHER INLAND OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- STORM SURGE...WATER LEVELS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE...BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. RAINFALL...HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES...FROM PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS INTO OKLAHOMA. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS. TORNADOES...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT35 KWNH...BEGINNING AT 400 AM CDT. $$ FORECASTER STEWART