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WTNT35 KNHC 031743
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT TUE SEP 03 2002

...EDOUARD BEGINS TO MOVE...BUT WEAKENS A BIT...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH
TO FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS MAY BE
REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE
FLORIDA.

EDOUARD HAS BEGUN TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 5 MPH.
A CONTINUED MOTION TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT THIS
AFTERNOON INDICATE THAT THE STRENGTHENING TREND FROM THIS MORNING
HAS ENDED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE DECREASING NOW AND ARE NEAR
60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...30.0 N... 79.1 W. MOVEMENT
...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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 PM EDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN