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TROPICAL STORM ALLISON ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT TUE JUN 05 2001

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA GULF COASTS FROM SARGENT TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.
WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  95.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 20 MILES...SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.  

DO NOT FOCUS ON THE CENTER.  THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE NOT 
AT THE CENTER BUT WELL TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ALLISON IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  6 MPH AND A SLOW
MOSTLY NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY... 
BRINGING THE STORM SLOWLY INLAND. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY TO NEAR 45 MPH WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...MAINLY 
OVER WATER TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

OVER 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR AND A 
SURFACE REPORT IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.  ADDITIONALLY RAINFALL OF 4
TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES... IS STILL 
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...TO 
THE EAST OF THE CENTER...IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

AN ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER 
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

  
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...29.1N  95.0W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE

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