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Tropical Depression FAY Advisory Number 10
 
Issued 03:00Z Sep 08, 2002
 
Advisory Selection
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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY ADVISORY NUMBER 10
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM CDT SAT SEP 7 2002

...T. D.  "FAY" CONTINUES WEST ACROSS TEXAS...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045PM CDT FOR THE
COUNTIES OF BURNET...LLANO...AND GILLESPIE IN TEXAS.
...FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MEDINA...SAN ANTONIO ...AND
SAN BERNARD RIVERS IN TEXAS.
...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
LOUISIANA/MISSISSIPPI COASTLINE.

AT 10PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF T.D. "FAY" WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.9N...LONGITUDE 99.2W...OR 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN
ANTONIO TEXAS.

THE STORM HAS MOVED WEST AT 5 MPH.  IT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DRIFT
WESTWARD OVERNIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH ON THE UPPER TEXAS/LOUISIANA
COASTLINE AND 20 MPH INLAND NEAR THE CENTER.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 1003MB...29.64 INCHES.

HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENTLY PROPAGATING
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE HILL COUNTRY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.  SCATTERED CONVECTION IS ALSO BREAKING OUT TO THE EAST AND
NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF "FAY" PRODUCING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.  2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED IN
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.

SELECTED 12 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS (7AM CDT THROUGH 7PM CDT):

LOCATION                 AMOUNT
=========                =======

HOUSTON (BUSH)...TX      2.22"
SAN ANTONIO...TX         1.74"
NEW BRAUNFELS...TX       1.42"

SELECTED 60 HOUR STORM TOTALS (THROUGH 7PM CDT):

LOCATION                 AMOUNT
=========                =======

GALVESTON...TX           5.36"
HOUSTON (BUSH)...TX      3.14"
SUGARLAND...TX           2.71"
SAN ANTONIO...TX         2.37"
NEW BRAUNFELS...TX       2.04"

REPEATING THE 10PM CDT POSITION...28.9N...99.2W...SLOWLY DRIFTING
WEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
1003 MB...29.64 INCHES.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 04AM CDT SUNDAY.

KELLS/ROTH/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH