Tropical Storm BILL

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TROPICAL STORM BILL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  4A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

...BILL HEADS TOWARD THE LOUISIANA COAST...
 
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 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  91.6 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.
 
BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE
WILL CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL AND BILL COULD
REACH THE COAST AS A HURRICANE. A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL BE IN
THE AREA THIS MORNING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 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 TODAY AS BILL
APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN COAST OF LOUISIANA.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI..SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...28.2 N... 91.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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
10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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