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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER 6 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 
4 PM CDT FRI AUG 03 2001

...BARRY DRIFTING SLOWLY WESTWARD...NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO MORGAN CITY
LOUISIANA. THIS WATCH COULD BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING LATER TONIGHT.

AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.4 WEST OR 
ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
BARRY IS DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST AT 3 MPH...BUT A GRADUAL
SLOW INCREASE IN FORWARD MOTION TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST 
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OR ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

WINDS AND SEAS ARE GRADUALLY INCREASING ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL 
GULF OF MEXICO AND SOME COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS 
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER 
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...27.0 N... 87.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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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