ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EARL ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT TUE SEP 01 1998 ...EARL GETTING CLOSER TO THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO CAMERON LOUISIANA AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT EAST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO DESTIN FLORIDA AND WEST OF CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT EAST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI TO DESTIN FLORIDA. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.1 WEST OR ABOUT 190 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. EARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...AND ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF EARL SHOULD BE NEAR THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA TOMORROW MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE...AND EARL COULD BECOME A HURRICANE WHEN IT REACHES THE COAST. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES MAINLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF EARL. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...27.3 N... 91.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT...WEDNESDAY. PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC. NNNN