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TROPICAL STORM ALLISON ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT TUE JUN 05 2001

...ALLISON CONTINUES TO LUMBER ALONG TOWARD THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
GULF COASTS FROM SARGENT TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE BROAD CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL STORM 
ALLISON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  95.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TEXAS AREA.
 
ALLISON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS GENERAL 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THE BROAD 
CIRCULATION OF ALLISON IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN 
TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA LATER THIS EVENING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS FORECAST UNTIL THE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND 
TONIGHT...WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING EXPECTED AFTER LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
FROM THE CENTER...ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST.  BUOY AND SHIP REPORTS 
INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING JUST OFFSHORE 
THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COAST.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP 
TO 8 INCHES... IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND MUCH 
OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE 
EXPECTED ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF THE 
CENTER OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
 
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...28.8N  95.1W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT. 
 
FORECASTER STEWART

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