ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN HURRICANE GEORGES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 53A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1998 ...CORRECTED ABOVE TO SHOW INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY 53A... ...GEORGES MOVING NORTHWARD VERY SLOWLY...PRODUCING ENORMOUS RAINS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF GRAND ISLE TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. INTERESTS EAST OF DESTIN FLORIDA SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GEORGES WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST OR JUST NORTH OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI. GEORGES IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 3 MPH AND A VERY SLOW DRIFT...FURTHER INLAND OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...IS EXPECTED TODAY. DO NOT FOCUS ON THE PRECISE LOCATION AND TRACK OF THE CENTER. THE HURRICANES DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...RAIN...AND STORM SURGE COVER A WIDE SWATH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN A FEW SQUALLS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 972 MB...28.70 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE WARNING AREA TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS AS HIGH AS 20 TO 30 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SLOW-MOVING HURRICANE. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL TOTALS OF 23 TO 25 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. SMALL CRAFT FROM WEST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS AND ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FROM EAST OF DESTIN TO TARPON SPRINGS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. PASCH REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...30.5 N... 88.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 967 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 PM CDT. PASCH NNNN