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| #11683 (Received by flhurricane at: 8:15 PM 09.Oct.2004) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A...CORRECTED NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 7 PM CDT SAT OCT 09 2004 ...CORRECTED HEADER LINE... ....POORLY ORGANIZED MATTHEW EDGES EASTWARD... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER WESTWARD TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.3 WEST OR ABOUT 190 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS MATTHEW HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 9 MPH. A RETURN TO A NORTHEAST OR NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...AND THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COASTLINE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA SUNDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...MAINLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS WAS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...WILL CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH OF MATTHEW. REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...27.2 N... 91.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 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 10 PM CDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
