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

AT 4 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED
WEST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.  TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN
EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA 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 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GEORGES WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  88.1 WEST OR NEAR
MOBILE ALABAMA.
 
GEORGES IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR  8 MPH.  A SLOW
EAST-NORTHEAST OR EAST 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 4 AM CDT POSITION...30.8 N... 88.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM
CDT.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC.
 
 
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