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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT MON AUG 06 2001

...BARRY WELL INLAND NOW OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM APALACHICOLA TO FT.
WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.  THESE WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOWERED
LATER TODAY.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 31.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE  86.5 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES 
NORTH OF CRESTVIEW FLORIDA.
 
BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH AND A GRADUAL 
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  STEADY 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF THE CENTER AND UP TO 40 MILES WEST OF THE CENTER.  EGLIN AIRFORCE 
BASE RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 63 MPH.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH BREAKING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE 
WARNING AREA. 

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...
IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA...THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE...GEORGIA...ALABAMA...AND MISSISSIPPI LATER TODAY AND 
TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF 
NORTHERN FLORIDA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND 
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...31.0 N... 86.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 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 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
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