Tropical Storm BILL

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TROPICAL STORM BILL ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003

...BILL MOVING NORTHWARD AND GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED...
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. A
HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  91.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
220 MILES SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.
 
BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH ...22 KM/HR...AND 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL LANDFALL OCCURS
LATE MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT BILL COULD REACH HURRICANE INTENSITY
JUST PRIOR TO LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...MAINLY
NORTH THROUGH EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 3 TO 5 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER
CROSSES THE COAST.

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND ON
MONDAY AS BILL APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN COAST OF LOUISIANA.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...26.3 N... 91.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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