ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2003 ...BILL APPROACHING THE LOUISIANA COAST...DANGEROUS FLOOD THREAT FROM RAINFALL AND STORM SURGE... A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.5 WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE STORM INLAND OVER LOUISIANA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS STILL POSSIBLE DURING THE SEVERAL HOURS REMAINING BEFORE LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 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. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI..SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...28.8 N... 91.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. 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 LAWRENCE NNNN
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