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| #6429 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:40 AM 29.Aug.2004) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GASTON ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 ...GASTON CLOSE TO HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT NEARS 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 OR INTENSITY OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE...PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET TO SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA. AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM SOUTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA IS DISCONTINUED. AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH. A GENERAL NORTHWARD MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF GASTON IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST NEAR MIDDAY TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GASTON IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO MAKING LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES ... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 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 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH GASTON. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...32.5 N... 79.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 AM EDT AND 9 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
