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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER 4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT FRI AUG 03 2001
 
...BARRY POORLY ORGANIZED... 

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 LATER TODAY.

AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF POORLY ORGANIZED TROPICAL STORM
BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.6 WEST OR 
ABOUT 225 MILES...SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
BARRY HAS BEEN MOVING WESTWARD DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT IS 
EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK NEAR 7 MPH TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ANOTHER RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL CHECK THE INTENSITY IN A
FEW HOURS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY 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 TO THE 
NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. 

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER 
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST
TODAY. 
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...26.8 N... 86.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
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