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Hurricanes 2010

2010 Season Tracking Page


Last updated: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 5:33 PM

Tropical Depression Hermine


...DEPRESSION BECOMES THE EIGHTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2010 ATLANTIC
HURRICANE SEASON...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR SOUTH TEXAS...

...HERMINE A LITTLE STRONGER AS IT HEADS NORTHWARD...

...HERMINE NEARING THE COAST...SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL TONIGHT...

...CENTER OF HERMINE CROSSES THE RIO GRANDE...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

...HERMINE LASHES DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
SPREADING NORTHWARD...

...HERMINE STILL A TROPICAL STORM...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
TEXAS...

...HERMINE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...STILL PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...

...HERMINE BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL TO CENTRAL TEXAS...

BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER 9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL102010
1000 PM CDT TUE SEP 07 2010

...HERMINE BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL TO CENTRAL TEXAS...

SUMMARY OF 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...31.6N 99.5W
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM SSE OF BROWNWOOD TEXAS
ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM S OF ABILENE TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.5 WEST.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR.
A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A TURN
TO THE NORTHEAST FORECAST TO OCCUR BY THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...A WIND GUST TO 43 MPH...
69 KM/HR...WAS REPORTED IN BRADY TEXAS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS
FORECAST AS HERMINE MOVES FARTHER INLAND OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
TEXAS.

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

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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STORM SURGE...WATER LEVELS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL GRADUALLY
RECEDE...BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

RAINFALL...HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES...FROM PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS
INTO OKLAHOMA. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS.

TORNADOES...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING.

NEXT ADVISORY
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THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT35
KWNH...BEGINNING AT 400 AM CDT.

Hermine is gone in Five Days


 

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