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#11763 (Received by flhurricane at: 8:29 AM 10.Oct.2004) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 7 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004 ...MATTHEW MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER WESTWARD TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED LATER TODAY. AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST OR NEAR HOUMA LOUISIANA. MATTHEW IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 11 MPH AND A MOSTLY NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY...BRINGING THE CENTER FARTHER INLAND OVER LOUISIANA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MATTHEW IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS 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. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA TODAY. REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...29.5 N... 90.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 11 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 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 AM CDT. FORECASTER PASCH |