ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GEORGES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 55A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 1998 ...GEORGES MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES.. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GEORGES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. GEORGES HAS BEEN MOVING EASTWARD...NEAR 8 MPH...OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE AUTOMATED REPORTING SITE AT DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 MPH WITH A GUST TO 45 MPH DURING THE PAST HOUR. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 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 ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...30.6 N... 88.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM CDT. RAPPAPORT NNNN