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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   3A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL032008
200 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

..RETRANSMISSION...

..CRISTOBAL FORMS OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...LIKELY TO
STRENGTHEN...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH SANTEE 
RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA 
BORDER...INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS 
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING 
AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.3 WEST OR 
ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND 
ABOUT 225 MILES...365 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH 
CAROLINA.
 
CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS 
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS 
EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA 
TODAY AND TOMORROW.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
RECENTLY MEASURED A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTS 
OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA...WITH ISOLATED 
HEAVIER AMOUNTS OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND 
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM EDT POSITION...32.8 N...78.3 W.  MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 PM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE/KNABB
 

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