Tropical Storm BILL

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT TUE JUL 01 2003
 
...BILL CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES WELL INLAND...STILL POSES A
HEAVY RAIN AND TORNADO THREAT...
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM THE MOUTH OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING LAKE
PONCHARTRAIN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.4 WEST...OR VERY
NEAR HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI.
 
BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAINLY OVER WATER TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. A CONTINUED
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
  
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE COASTAL FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PASCAGOULA
MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING LAKE PONCHARTRAIN WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.
 
A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...MUCH OF ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 
 
REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...31.3 N... 89.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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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