ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GEORGES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 54A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 7 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1998 CORRECTION TO MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ...GEORGES WEAKENING AND MOVING LITTLE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GEORGES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.0 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES TO THE NORTH OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI. GEORGES HAS BEEN DRIFTING ERRATICALLY FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AN ESTIMATED 55 MPH...AND CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 977 MB...28.85 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SLOW-MOVING STORM. RADAR- AND GROUND- BASED OBSERVATIONS INDICATE TOTALS OF 23 TO 25 INCHES SO FAR OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THERE IS THE THREAT OF A FEW TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...30.7 N... 89.0 W. MOVEMENT SLOW AND ERRATIC. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 55 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 977 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 PM CDT. LAWRENCE NNNN