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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 36A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT WED SEP 25 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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS TO DESTIN FLORIDA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF
MEXICO FROM CABO CATOCHE TO CAMPECHE BUT WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED 
LATER TODAY.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ISIDORE.
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.8 WEST OR ABOUT 
355 MILES SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA COAST.

ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME 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
345 MILES...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. 

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 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 TODAY.

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 TODAY. 
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 1 AM CDT POSITION...23.9 N... 89.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 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 AM CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
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