WTNT31 KNHC 141736 RRA

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TROPICAL STORM JULIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   3A

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL112016

200 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2016



...JULIA JUST OFFSHORE NEAR GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER...





SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...31.8N 80.8W

ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM SE OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB...29.86 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 200 PM EDT (1800 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JULIA WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 80.8 WEST.  JULIA IS

MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH (9 KM/H) AND A SLOW AND

ERRATIC MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  JULIA IS

LIKELY TO MEANDER NEAR THE NORTHERN GEORGIA OR SOUTHERN SOUTH

CAROLINA COASTLINES THROUGH THURSDAY.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH (65 KM/H) WITH HIGHER

GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY.



TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES (185 KM),

MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB (29.86 INCHES).





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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WIND:  WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE POSSIBLE ALONG

PORTIONS OF THE COASTS OF GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY.

FORT PULASKI, GEORGIA, NEAR SAVANNAH, REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH

(72 KM/H).



RAINFALL:  JULIA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF=