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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE ADVISORY NUMBER  35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT TUE SEP 24 2002

...ISIDORE MOVING NORTHWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.  A HURRICANE WATCH
MEANS HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS TO DESTIN FLORIDA.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
ALL WARNINGS WEST OF CAMPECHE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM CABO CATOCHE TO CAMPECHE.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ISIDORE.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.8 WEST OR ABOUT
100 MILES...160 KM...NORTH OF MERIDA MEXICO.  THIS IS ALSO ABOUT
465 MILES...750 KM...SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA COAST.
 
ISIDORE IS WOBBLING ABOUT A GENERAL NORTHWARD MOTION NEAR
7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ISIDORE IS A LARGE STORM WITH THE CIRCULATION COVERING MUCH OF THE 
GULF OF MEXICO.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
345 MILES...555 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.  NOAA BUOYS 
42001 AND 42002 IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO HAVE
BOTH REPORTED 40 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED FROM AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  988 MB...29.18 INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEGUN TO SPREAD ONTO THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST.  STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH ISIDORE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES 
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE- 
THREATENING FLOODS.  BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER
PORTIONS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...WITH
AN ADDITIONAL 5 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
IS LIKELY IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS OVER THE NORTHWEST YUCATAN
PENINSULA AND ELSEWHERE ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO FROM CAMPECHE
WESTWARD TO NEAR VERACRUZ.  THESE TIDES SHOULD DIMINISH LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  TIDES ARE RUNNING 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
ALONG MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF COAST...AND THIS COMBINED
WITH LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY ISIDORE COULD CAUSE SOME COASTAL
FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION.  THESE STORM TIDES WILL GRADUALLY
INCREASE IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...22.4 N... 89.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 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 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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