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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT SUN AUG 05 2001

...BARRY APPROACHING THE COAST...

AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS CHANGED TO A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING WEST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO JUST EAST OF
PASCAGUOULA MISSISSIPPI.  ALL WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FROM
PASCAGUOULA WESTWARD.  A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
PENSACOLA 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.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 86.2 WEST OR ABOUT 35
MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA...AND ABOUT 45 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.

BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  8 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION 
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.  ON THIS 
TRACK THE CENTER WILL CROSS THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
WITHIN 6 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT BARRY COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE BEFORE LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES MAINLY TO 
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

CAPE SAN BLAS FLORIDA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 44 MPH.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT MEASURED A MINIMUM CENTRAL 
PRESSURE OF 992 MB...29.29 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 TONIGHT.  THESE RAINS
WILL ALSO SPREAD INLAND INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA 
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...29.9 N...  86.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  992 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT MIDNIGHT CDT AND 2 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT...MONDAY.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
 
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