Tropical Storm Nine

Forecast Advisory 8

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WTNT34 KNHC 132034
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER 8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT FRI SEP 13 2002

...HANNA REFUSES TO MOVE...BUT IT WILL...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO
APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF APALACHICOLA
TO THE SUWANEE RIVER FLORIDA.

AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.3 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES
SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

HANNA HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY BUT A GENERAL NORTHWARD TRACK
SHOULD BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL BE NEAR THE COAST WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA EARLY SATURDAY. HOWEVER...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
COULD REACH PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BUT HANNA IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH
HURRICANE INTENSITY PRIOR TO LANDFALL

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF HANNA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY WITHIN THE EASTERN PORTION
OF THE CIRCULATION.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...HIGHER AT HEADS OF BAYS...ALONG WITH BATTERING WAVES...CAN
BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...27.8 N...89.3 W. MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM
CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA