Tropical Storm CINDY

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TROPICAL STORM CINDY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2005

CORRECTED FUTURE MOTION TO NORTHEAST
 
...HEAVY RAINS AND SQUALLS LASHING THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF
LOUISIANA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA
EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA...AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT EAST OF DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 90.3 WEST OR ABOUT 55
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA.
 
CINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH ...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE NEAR THE SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COAST LATER TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
SLIGHT STRENGTTHENING IS STILL POSSIBLE UNTIL LANDFALL OCCURS. 
DURING THE PAST HOUR...AN OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORM NORTHEAST OF THE
CENTER REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 99 MPH AT A HEIGHT OF 150 FT. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE
COAST.
 
TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S....WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...28.5 N... 90.3 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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