Example - Tropical Cyclone Public Advisory

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WTNT32 KNHC 020240
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM EXAMPLE ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL052009
1100 PM EDT FRI JUN 01 2009

...RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH EXAMPLE SOAKING FLORIDA...MORE TO COME...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF
FLORIDA FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO KEATON BEACH. A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF KEATON BEACH TO ST.
MARKS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS. IN THIS CASE...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH 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 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EXAMPLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.9 WEST OR ABOUT 270
MILES...440 KM...SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 195 MILES...
315 KM...WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.
 
EXAMPLE HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST DURING THE PAST FEW
HOURS BUT THE CYCLONE SHOULD SOON BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A GRADUAL INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SHORT
TERM BUT A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM
MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.

STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS *XX* FEET ABOVE
GROUND LEVEL ALONG THE COAST...WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING
WAVES...NEAR AND TO THE *ZZZZ* OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.
THE SURGE COULD PENETRATE AS FAR INLAND AS ABOUT *YY* MILES FROM 
THE SHORE WITH DEPTH GENERALLY DECREASING AS THE WATER MOVES 
INLAND.

EXAMPLE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS AND PENINSULA INTO SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA...COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA. ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...24.7N...84.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 25 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 200 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500
AM EDT.
 
$$
FORECASTER AVILA

PRESENT MOVEMENT...STATIONARY