ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION GEORGES ADVISORY NUMBER 57 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 1998 ...GEORGES WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION...THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS AND TORNADOES CONTINUES... AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED. SMALL CRAFT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EASTWARD TO APALACHICOLA SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.9 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MOBILE ALABAMA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH A SLOW NORTHEASTWARD TO EAST-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 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 10 AM CDT POSITION...31.1 N... 87.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB. THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON GEORGES...UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN STORM SUMMARIES THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER IN WASHINGTON...STARTING AT NOON CDT...UNDER WMO HEADER WWUS37 KWBC AND AFOS HEADER NFDSCCNS2. PASCH NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY. NNNN