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TROPICAL STORM BARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT FRI AUG 03 2001

...CORRECTED TIME TO 1 PM IN LOCATION PARAGRAPH...NO OTHER CHANGES..

...BARRY NEARLY STATIONARY AND BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST 
LOUISIANA FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO MORGAN CITY 
LOUISIANA.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
185 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 
 
BARRY IS NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST.  A 
GRADUAL SLOW INCREASE IN FORWARD MOTTION 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 
GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH
CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND SOME COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE 
AIRCRAFT IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

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

REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...26.9 N... 87.2 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY OR A SLOW DRIFT TO THE WEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 4 PM CDT. 

 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
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