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| #6512 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:36 PM 29.Aug.2004) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GASTON ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 ...GASTON CONTINUES TO WEAKEN... AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED LATER THIS EVENING. AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 79.6 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES... 130 KM... NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH...AND A NORTHWARD TO NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING AND OVER NORTH CAROLINA LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GASTON SHOULD WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 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 PM EDT POSITION...33.9 N... 79.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AN INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM EDT...FOLLOWED BY A REGULAR PUBLIC ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER... UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT32 KWNH. FORECASTER PASCH |
