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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT THU AUG 02 2001

...DISORGANIZED BARRY CONTINUES SLOWLY NORTHWEST...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT FROM THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
LOUISIANA TO DESTIN FLORIDA.  WATCHES OR WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED
FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON FRIDAY.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  85.6 WEST OR ABOUT 270 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH...AND A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH BARRY HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT DISORGANIZED THIS
EVENING...SOME STRENGTHENING IS STILL POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.  WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TONIGHT AND 
FRIDAY ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND SOME COASTAL 
FLOODING MAY OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.  SEE 
STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR MORE 
INFORMATION.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER 
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST
TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...26.8 N... 85.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 4 AM CDT...FRIDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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