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SUMMARY OF ALERTS:

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
- Cape May New Jersey to Watch Hill Rhode Island including Long Island and Long Island Sound

A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours. 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.

Key messages for Fay can be found in the Tropical Cyclone Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT1 and WMO header WTNT41 KNHC.

RAINFALL: [TOP] Fay is expected to produce 2 to 4 inches of rain with isolated maxima of 7 inches along and near the track from the lower Maryland Eastern Shore and Delaware northward into New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, southeast New York, and southern New England. These rains may result in flash flooding where the heaviest amounts occur. Widespread river flooding is not expected at this time.

WIND: [TOP] Tropical storm conditions are expected to first reach the coast within the warning area today and spread northward through the warning area tonight.

STORM SURGE: [TOP] Minor flooding is possible along the coast for portions of the Tropical Storm Warning area.

TORNADOES: [TOP] Isolated tornadoes are possible today over portions of New Jersey, southeast New York, and southern New England.

At 500 AM EDT (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Fay was located near latitude 37.4 North, longitude 74.8 West. Fay is moving toward the north near 10 mph (17 km/h). A northward to north-northeastward motion at a faster forward speed is expected over the next couple of days. On the forecast track, the center of Fay is forecast to move near the mid-Atlantic coast today and move inland over the mid-Atlantic or the northeast United States late tonight or on Saturday.

Reports from an Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast today and tonight while the center remains over water. Weakening should begin after the center moves inland.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 205 miles (335 km) to the northeast and southeast of the center. The Air Force plane reported a minimum central pressure of 1002 mb (29.59 inches).