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| #6411 (Received by flhurricane at: 1:50 AM 29.Aug.2004) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GASTON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 ...GASTON APPROACHING THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO LITTLE RIVER INLET. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HR. SINCE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PRECISELY PREDICT THE PATH AND INTENSITY OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE...PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA FROM NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET TO SURF CITY. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA. AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.4 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF GASTON IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA COASTLINE SOMETIME THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CHARLESTON RADAR INDICATE THAT GASTON IS GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS...IS EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FT ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNED AREA. DANGEROUS HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF GASTON. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...32.1 N... 79.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 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 5 AM EDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
