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000 WTNT35 KNHC 041738 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 2 PM EDT WED SEP 04 2002 ...EDOUARD CONTINUES WESTWARD... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE FLORIDA TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF TITUSVILLE TO SEBASTIAN INLET FLORIDA. AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 80.5 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA. THE FORWARD MOTION OF EDOUARD HAS BEEN ERRATIC. OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS IT HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH. A WEST OR WEST-SOUTHWEST MOTION AT A SOMEWHAT SLOWER SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF EDOUARD. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS NEAR THE COASTLINE. REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...29.8 N... 80.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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 |