Tropical Depression TWELVE

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   1A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2003
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE REMAINS STATIONARY IN THE EASTERN 
GULF OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
FROM ENGLEWOOD NORTHWARD TO INDIAN PASS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TWELVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES...335 KM...SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT A SLOW DRIFT 
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...MAINLY IN
ISOLATED SQUALLS.  SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND THE
DEPRESSION COULD STILL BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPRESSION.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 
LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE THE CENTER
MAKES LANDFALL.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...27.5 N... 87.5 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 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 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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