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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT SUN AUG 05 2001

...BARRY CONTINUES TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED
FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER...
INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS.  A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI EASTWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FLORIDA.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF THE
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANEE RIVER...AND FROM WEST
OF PASCAGOULA TO THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.

BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.  ON THIS TRACK...LANDFALL IS
EXPECTED WITHIN 12 TO 18 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  BARRY STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE 
LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH BREAKING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO
THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...
IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT.  THESE RAINS WILL ALSO SPREAD INLAND INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA 
AND GEORGIA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN 
FLORIDA LATER TODAY.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...29.1 N... 86.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 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 FRANKLIN
 
 
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