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

...BARRY CONTINUES TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
 
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 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.4 WEST OR ABOUT 65 
MILES SOUTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.

BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.  ON THIS TRACK...LANDFALL IS
EXPECTED VERY EARLY MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  BARRY
STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES MAINLY TO 
THE EAST OF 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 TONIGHT.  THESE RAINS
WILL ALSO SPREAD INLAND INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA 
TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...29.5 N... 86.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  8 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.
 
THE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 
PM CDT.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
 
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