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| #50303 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:43 AM 06.Oct.2005) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM TAMMY ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT THU OCT 06 2005 ...TAMMY STILL PRODUCING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN RAINBANDS CROSSING PORTIONS OF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS... AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO SOUTH OF ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA NORTHWARD TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY. PLEASE CONSULT PRODUCTS ISSUED BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES CONCERNING POSSIBLE GALE WARNINGS OUTSIDE OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM TAMMY WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 83.2 WEST. THIS POSITION IS INLAND OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA ABOUT 130 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA. HOWEVER... MOST OF THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH TAMMY ARE WELL TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER AND ARE STILL AFFECTING THE COASTLINE IN THE WARNING AREA. THE CENTER OF TAMMY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH... AND THIS MOTION GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY... WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. THE CIRCULATION OF TAMMY IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS ARE CONFINED TO AN AREA NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER... MAINLY OVER WATER BUT ALSO NEAR THE COASTLINE IN THE WARNING AREA. WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS THE CENTER CONTINUES MOVING INLAND... AND TAMMY WILL LIKELY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. TAMMY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA... EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA... AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...31.6 N... 83.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT. FORECASTER KNABB |
