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| #150485 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:55 PM 12.Sep.2007) TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092007 400 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2007 ...HUMBERTO STRENGTHENS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY TOWARD THE UPPER TEXAS COAST... AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED EASTWARD TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM PORT O`CONNOR TEXAS TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.9 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES... 80 KM...SOUTH OF GALVESTON TEXAS. HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF HUMBERTO SHOULD BE CROSSING THE UPPER TEXAS COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE TRACK OF HUMBERTO THROUGH EASTERN TEXAS AS WELL AS WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 400 PM CDT POSITION...28.6 N...94.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 700 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000 PM CDT. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
