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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE ADVISORY INTERMEDIATE NUMBER  34A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT TUE SEP 24 2002

...ISIDORE CONTINUES NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...RAIN BANDS WITH GUSTY
WINDS MOVING ONTO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...
 
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 IS 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.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF
MEXICO FROM CABO CATOCHE TO VERACRUZ.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ISIDORE.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.9 WEST OR ABOUT
85 MILES...135 KM...NORTH OF MERIDA MEXICO.  THIS IS ALSO
ABOUT 480 MILES...770 KM...SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA COAST.
 
ISIDORE HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR NEAR  5 MPH
...8 KM/HR FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS.  A NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION
AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
THIS MOTION SHOULD TAKE THE CENTER AWAY FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
OF MEXICO TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY ENROUTE
TO INVESTIGATE THE STORM.
 
ISIDORE IS A LARGE STORM WITH A CIRCULATION COVERING MUCH OF THE
GULF OF MEXICO.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 
MILES...325 KM FROM THE CENTER.  SQUALLS WITH WINDS TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND 
OTHER PORTIONS OF EASTERN MEXICO.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 
TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE BANDS MOVE OFFSHORE LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO SPREADING ONTO
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.

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 MAY CAUSE SOME COASTAL
FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION.  THESE TIDES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...22.2 N... 89.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 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 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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