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

...ALLISON NEARLY STATIONARY...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA GULF COASTS FROM SARGENT TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  95.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
60 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.
 
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT...SATELLITE...AND RADAR INDICATED THAT 
ALLISON HAS MOVED LITTLE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER IS NOT NEAR THE 
CENTER BUT IS LOCATED NORTH...EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.  
HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SPREAD WELL INLAND OVER SOUTHEAST  
TEXAS... SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND COASTAL ALABAMA.  ALSO A TORNADO WAS
RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR MANVEL TEXAS JUST SOUTH OF HOUSTON. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 60 MPH...PRIMARILY OVER THE GULF 
WATERS.  A PEAK WIND OF 46 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED FROM
GALVESTON.  LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS FORECAST UNTIL THE SYSTEM 
MOVES WELL INLAND...AND THAT MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL SOMETIME ON 
WEDNESDAY.
 
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.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.63 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONALLY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 
AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES... IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST 
TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

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

AN ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG AND 
EAST OF THE CENTER OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...28.6N  95.2W.  MOVEMENT NEARLY 
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 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 PM CDT. 
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE

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