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#374382 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:59 AM 07.Sep.2010) TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HERMINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL102010 700 AM CDT TUE SEP 07 2010 ...HERMINE CONTINUES MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTH TEXAS...SPREADING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS NORTHWARD... SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...27.7N 98.2W ABOUT 35 MI...60 KM SW OF MATHIS TEXAS ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM W OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB...29.38 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE NORTHWARD TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.2 WEST. HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND THEN NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. A WIND GUST OF 56 MPH...91 KM/HR...WAS REPORTED AT KINGSVILLE TEXAS JUST BEFORE 6 AM CDT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN TEXAS NEAR AND ALONG THE PATH OF HERMINE THROUGH THIS MORNING. STORM SURGE...STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF SOUTHERN TEXAS. WATER LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER TODAY AS HERMINE MOVES FARTHER INLAND. RAINFALL...HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...FROM SOUTHERN TEXAS NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS...AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...AND MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS. TORNADOES...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH TODAY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1000 AM CDT. $$ FORECASTER PASCH/CANGIALOSI |