EDOUARD MOVING LITTLE WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH

September 2 , 2002 — At 11 a.m. EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Edouard was located near latitude 30.5 north, longitude 79.4 west or about 135 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla. Edouard moved slowly and erratically Monday morning with an overall motion toward the north at 3 mph. A slow generally northward drift is expected over the next 24 hours, according to NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Tropical Storm Edouard taken at 1:15 p.m. EDT on Sept. 2, 2002. Click here to see latest view. Please credit “NOAA.”)

Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph with higher gusts. Some slight strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 70 miles mainly east of the center. The minimum central pressure measured by reconnaissance aircraft is 1007 mb, 29.74 inches.

A tropical storm warning is in effect from north of Fernandina Beach, Fla., to Savannah River, Ga. A tropical storm watch is in effect from north of Savannah River to South Santee River, S.C., and from north of Titusville to Fernandina Beach, Fla.

Edouard is the fifth named tropical storm of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. He follows Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal and Dolly. Dolly is still present in the Atlantic. So far no tropical storm has reached hurricane status this season.

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