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| #3458 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:36 AM 02.Aug.2004) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALEX ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT MON AUG 02 2004 ...ALEX STILL STALLED OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO SOUND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EDISTO BEACH TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. ALEX HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY BUT A SLOW NORTHWARD TO NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL MOVE A LITTLE NEARER TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ALEX. HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN AND MID-ATLANTIC U.S. COASTAL AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...31.4 N... 79.5 W. MOVEMENT... STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT. FORECASTER PASCH |
