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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 20:58:14 EDT

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Latest on Lili:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/2002/storm.php3?storm=13

Buoy # 42001 reported these incredible statistics before ceasing to report
at 5PM Eastern Today:

WINDS SUSTAINED 91.3 kts (105 mph)
WINDS GUSTING TO 128.2 kts (148 mph)
WAVE HEIGHT: 33.5 feet
PRESSURE 28.23" (falling 0.55" in the last hour)

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.phtml?station=42001

FROM THE NHC:

FROM THE NHC: "REPORTS FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE AND NOAA RESEARCH HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO AT
LEAST 145 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MEANS THAT LILI IS STILL AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE
SCALE... RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
TRACK OF LILI... THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE DANGEROUS FLOODING. ... ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT. ... TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE SPREADING ONSHORE THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF LOUISIANA FROM
PORT FOURCHON EASTWARD TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A POTENTIALLY
DEADLY STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS LIKELY NEAR
AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. THE SURGE COULD
SPREAD AS MUCH AS 25 MILES INLAND ACROSS THE LOW-LYING PORTIONS OF THE
HURRICANE WARNING AREA ALONG THE TRACK..."

I'll be up early tomorrow morning with additional information as the storm
approaches shore.

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