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WTNT35 KNHC 020557 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A CCA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 2 AM EDT MON SEP 02 2002 ...CORRECT TO ADD INTERMEDIATE IN HEADER AND TO CHANGE 35 MPH TO 40 MPH IN REPEAT SECTION... ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE BECOMES TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COASTS FROM NORTH OF TITUSVILLE FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE PRESENT OVER A SMALL AREA EAST OF THE CENTER. THUS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE HAS BECOME TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD. AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 79.7 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA. EDOUARD IS MOVING ERRATICALLY NORTHWESTWARD ABOUT 6 MPH...AND A GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 60 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...30.0 N... 79.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT. FORECASTER BEVEN |