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Tropical Storm Edouard (5)

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  • 04-08-2008 2:38pm
    #1
    Snowbie
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    Has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.

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    WTNT35 KNHC 041138
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    BULLETIN
    TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A
    NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052008
    700 AM CDT MON AUG 04 2008

    ...EDOUARD CONTINUES WESTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH...

    A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
    MISSISSIPPI RIVER WESTWARD TO SAN LUIS PASS. A TROPICAL STORM
    WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
    THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

    A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY
    LOUISIANA TO PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT
    HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY
    WITHIN 36 HOURS.

    FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
    INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
    BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

    AT 700 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS
    LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.3 WEST OR ABOUT 80
    MILES...135 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA AND ABOUT
    285 MILES...460 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

    EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR. A TURN TO
    THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
    MOTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY MORNING THE
    CENTER OF EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST
    OR THE COAST OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

    MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
    GUSTS. SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
    HOURS...AND EDOUARD COULD BE NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE
    REACHING THE COASTLINE.

    TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
    FROM THE CENTER.

    THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
    HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE WAS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

    A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED
    IN THE WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS.

    EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
    INCHES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOUISIANA COASTAL COUNTIES INTO
    SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES ARE
    POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.

    ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA
    AND THE UPPER TEXAS COAST LATER TODAY.

    REPEATING THE 700 AM CDT POSITION...28.1 N...90.3 W. MOVEMENT
    TOWARD...WEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
    MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.

    THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
    HURRICANE CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT.

    $$
    FORECASTER FRANKLIN


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