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TROPICAL STORM BARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  16B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM CDT MON AUG 06 2001

...BARRY INLAND OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

AT 2 AM CDT...0700Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA WESTWARD TO FT. 
WALTON BEACH FLORIDA. THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED 
WEST OF FT. WALTON BEACH.  THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN 
DISCONTINUED EAST OF APALACHICOLA.

AT 2 AM CDT...0700Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 86.4 WEST OR 
INLAND OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST 
OF VALPARAISO FLORIDA.

BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION 
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
STEADY WEAKENING IS EXPECTED NOW THAT BARRY IS OVER LAND.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES TO THE 
SOUTHEAST AND 40 MILES TO THE WEST OF THE CENTER.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE FLORIDA RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 
38 MPH WITH A GUST TO 59 MPH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH BREAKING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE 
WARNING AREA. 

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

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF 
NORTHERN FLORIDA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND 
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM CDT POSITION...30.8 N...  86.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 8 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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 4 AM CDT.

FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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