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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE ADVISORY NUMBER  41
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

...CENTER OF ISIDORE MOVED INLAND...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND STRONG 
WINDS WILL CONTINUE... 
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE HURRICANE WATCH ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS TO ST. MARKS FLORIDA.

AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
ISIDORE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 20 MILES...SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS.

ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF
ISIDORE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ISIDORE IS A LARGE STORM WITH A CIRCULATION THAT COVERS MUCH OF THE 
GULF OF MEXICO.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 345 
MILES FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.

STORM RAINFALL TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES WILL
CONTINUE SPREADING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 
THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLOODS.  

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 TO 
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE 
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...29.7 N... 90.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 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 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM
CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
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