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#130790 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:49 PM 09.May.2007) TCPAT1 BULLETIN SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012007 500 PM EDT WED MAY 09 2007 ...SLOW-MOVING ANDREA REMAINS JUST OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA SOUTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.1 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES...175 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA AND ABOUT 125 MILES ...200 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. ANDREA IS MOVING ERRATICALLY BUT GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR. A CONTINUED SLOW MOTION WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. ANDREA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN HALF AN INCH IN MOST LOCATIONS IN COASTAL AREAS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE SLOWER-MOVING RAINBANDS. REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...30.8 N...80.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER KNABB |