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Tropical Storm Zeta Intermediate Advisory Number 19A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL282020
800 AM EDT Thu Oct 29 2020
 
...ZETA CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...35.3N 83.5W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM W OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 39 MPH...63 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB...29.23 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
 
The Tropical Storm Warning from Navarre to the Walton/Bay County
Line, Florida has been canceled.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
 
There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
 
For storm information specific to your area, including possible
inland watches and warnings, please monitor products issued by your
local National Weather Service forecast office.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 800 AM EDT (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Zeta was
located near latitude 35.3 North, longitude 83.5 West.  Zeta is
racing toward the northeast near 39 mph (63 km/h).  An even faster
northeastward motion is expected later today, followed by a rapid
east-northeastward motion tonight and Friday.  On the forecast
track, the center of Zeta will move across portions of the
southeastern U.S. this morning, across the Mid-Atlantic states this
afternoon, and emerge over the western Atlantic by tonight.
 
Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph (95 km/h) with higher
gusts.  Zeta is expected to become a non-tropical gale-force low
later today.  The low should become absorbed by a frontal system
over the western Atlantic by Friday night.
 
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles (280 km)
from the center.  A sustained wind of 41 mph (67 km/h) and a gust to
82 mph (131 km/h) was recently reported at Cashiers, North Carolina.
 
The estimated minimum central pressure based on surface
observations is 990 mb (29.18 inches).
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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Key messages for Zeta can be found in the Tropical Cyclone
Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT3, WMO header WTNT43 KNHC, and
on the web at www.hurricanes.gov/text/MIATCDAT3.shtml.
 
STORM SURGE:  Water levels along the Central Gulf coast will
gradually subside throughout the day. Consult products issued by
your local National Weather Service forecast office for additional
information.
 
WIND:  Damaging winds, especially in gusts, are spreading across
northern Georgia, western South Carolina, and western North
Carolina.  These winds will shift into other portions of North
Carolina and southeastern Virginia later today.  Wind gusts could
be especially severe across the southern Appalachian Mountains.
 
RAINFALL:  Areas of heavy rainfall, both in advance of Zeta and
along the track of Zeta, will impact areas from the central
Appalachians, Mid-Atlantic and lower to middle Ohio Valley through
Thursday. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected across these
areas, resulting in possible flash, urban, small stream, and
isolated minor river flooding.
 
TORNADOES:  A tornado or two is possible later today over the
Carolinas and southern Virginia.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next complete advisory at 1100 AM EDT.
 
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Forecaster Pasch
 
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