Tropical Storm BILL

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TROPICAL STORM BILL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

...BILL NEARS THE LOUISIANA COAST...DANGEROUS FLOOD THREAT
   FROM RAINFALL AND STORM SURGE...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA TO
PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.

AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE HURRICANE WATCH IS DISCONTINUED ALONG THE
LOUISIANA COAST AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM
WEST OF CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  91.3 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.
 
BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO BRING THE STORM INLAND OVER LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.
  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS UNTIL THE
STORM MOVES INLAND.

A SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF 47 MPH WITH A GUST TO 55 MPH WAS RECENTLY
REPORTED BY AN AUTOMATED STATION LOCATED SOUTH OF HOUMA AND
MAINTAINED BY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002MB...29.59 INCHES.

STORM SURGE COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AT
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 1 PM CDT POSITION...29.2 N... 91.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
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