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TROPICAL STORM HELENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  16A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT FRI SEP 22 2000

...HELENE WEAKENING RAPIDLY WHILE MOVING INLAND...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA EASTWARD
TO THE MOUTH OF THE AUCILLA RIVER.  SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT FROM WEST OF PASCAGOULA TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING.

AFTER A WOBBLE TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST...DATA FROM RADAR AND A
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT HELENE TURNED TO THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST AND AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z... THE ELONGATED CENTER WAS INLAND
NEAR LATITUDE 30.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE  86.7 WEST JUST NORTH OF FORT
WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.
 
HELENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH AN ON THIS
TRACK THE CENTER SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND.
 
HELENE HAS BEEN WEAKENING AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  FURTHER
WEAKENING IS FORECAST.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 1003 MB...29.61 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
ACCOMPANIED BY BATTERING WAVES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS...
ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF HELENE.
 
THERE IS A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...30.6 N... 86.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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