ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ALLISON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1 AM CDT WED JUN 06 2001 ...ALISSION NOW INLAND...WEAKENING... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA GULF COASTS FROM SARGENT TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED A LITTLE LATER THIS MORNING. SURFACE AND RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF ALLISON HAS MOVED INLAND. AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.3 WEST...NEAR HOUSTON TEXAS. ALLISON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH AND A SLOW GENERALLY NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...BRINGING THE STORM FARTHER INLAND. ALLISON IS BARELY OF TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH IN A FEW SQUALLS. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT FEW 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 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. OVER 11 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR AND A SURFACE REPORT IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. ADDITIONALL 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 GRADUALLY SUBSIDING. 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 1 AM CDT POSITION...29.9N 95.3W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM CDT. FORECASTER PASCH NNNN