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TROPICAL STORM GEORGES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  56A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 1998
 
...GEORGES REMAINS A FLOOD THREAT...

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI
TO DESTIN FLORIDA...BUT WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS
MORNING OR AFTERNOON.  SMALL CRAFT FROM WEST OF PASCAGOULA TO
ATCHAFALAYA BAY...AND EAST OF DESTIN TO CEDAR KEY SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GEORGES WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  88.0 WEST OR ABOUT 20
MILES NORTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA.
 
GEORGES HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH FOR THE
PAST FEW HOURS.  A SLOW EAST-NORTHEAST OR NORTHEAST MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  40 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
GEORGES WILL LIKELY BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES MAINLY
SOUTHEAST FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
ASSOCIATION WITH GEORGES. 
 
THERE IS THE THREAT OF A FEW TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...31.0 N... 88.0 W.  MOVEMENT TOWARD
...NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.
 
RAPPAPORT

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