ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GEORGES ADVISORY NUMBER 55 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1998 CORRECTION TO PRESSURE ...GEORGES DRIFTING ERRATICALLY...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES... AT 10 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WESTWARD TO GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA. 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 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GEORGES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST OR NEAR BILOXI MISSISSIPPI. GEORGES HAS BEEN DRIFTING ERRATICALLY TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT ADDITIONAL 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 985 MB...29.09 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 10 PM CDT POSITION...30.5 N... 88.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...SOUTH SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 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...TUESDAY. LAWRENCE NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY. NNNN