I paid close attention to this storm, since the Fla West Coast is alot like the Texas gulf coast. I wanted to see what "the big one" would do to my area if the "big one hit". For a while it looked like the worst case sciearo. Big storm pushing lots of water ahead of it filling all the bays up with water and then a storm sugre comming in on top of already high water. But it doesn't look like that happened, Charlie was more like a big F2 tornado. I was worried about what an 18' storm surge would do to all the low lying areas. Happily that never happened.
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WTNT35 KNHC 141446
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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE ADVISORY NUMBER 4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT AUG 14 2004
...DEPRESSION NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES
ISSUED...
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR BARBADOS AND ST. VINCENT...AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF ST. LUCIA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR ST.
LUCIA. INTERESTS AROUND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FIVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 52.2 WEST OR
ABOUT 530 MILES... 855 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BARBADOS.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 23 MPH
...37 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS LIKELY TO STRENGTHEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM
LATER TODAY.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...10.4 N... 52.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 23 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM AST.
FORECASTER PASCH
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