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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE ADVISORY NUMBER  38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT WED SEP 25 2002

...ISIDORE CONTINUING NORTHWARD TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED
EASTWARD ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST TO ST. MARKS. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO ST.
MARKS FLORIDA.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS FOR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ISIDORE.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  90.2 WEST OR ABOUT
270 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.
 
ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING
THE CENTER NEAR OR OVER THE LOUISIANA COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SLOW 
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE 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
315 MILES...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.  

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
NOAA BUOY 42001 RECENTLY REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 991.8 MB...29.29 
INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE SPREADING 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 TWO TO THREE DAYS.  HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO SPREAD NORTHWARD 
INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES DURING THE
SAME TIME PERIOD.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLOODS.
BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5
INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 
LEVELS...WITH HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS...ALONG WITH BATTERING 
WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE 
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...26.0 N... 90.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 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 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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