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| #43067 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:34 AM 30.Aug.2005) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KATRINA ADVISORY NUMBER 30 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 4 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ...KATRINA WEAKENS FURTHER OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF KATRINA THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FURTHER WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND KATRINA SHOULD WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES ...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 981 MB...28.97 INCHES. TUPELO RECENTLY REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 980.4 MB...28.95 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES...WILL ACCOMPANY KATRINA ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS...THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...AND INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA...AND VIRGINIA. REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...34.7 N... 88.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 981 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM CDT. FORECASTER BEVEN |
