Tropical Storm BARRY

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TROPICAL STORM BARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   3A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022007
800 AM EDT SAT JUN 02 2007
 
...CENTER OF POORLY-ORGANIZED BARRY MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD THE WEST
COAST OF FLORIDA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF
FLORIDA FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO KEATON BEACH. A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF KEATON BEACH TO ST.
MARKS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS. IN THIS CASE...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH 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 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.5 WEST OR ABOUT
85 MILES...135 KM...SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA.
 
BARRY IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...
32 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN
ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF BARRY ACROSS THE WEST COAST
OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
BARRY WILL LIKELY LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AFTER IT MAKES
LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM
FROM THE CENTER.  WINDS NEAR TROPICAL-STORM FORCE ARE OCCURRING
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COASTS OF THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA AT THIS TIME...WITH NOAA BUOY 41009 EAST OF CAPE
CANAVERAL REPORTING GUSTS TO 47 MPH...75 KM/HR...DURING THE PAST FEW
HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE THE
CENTER OF BARRY MAKES LANDFALL.  WIND AND WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH
BARRY ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIPS CURRENTS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
ATLANTIC COAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
 
BARRY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS AND PENINSULA INTO SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA...COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA...AND COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA.
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL CUBA.  THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM EDT POSITION...27.1 N...83.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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