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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT FRI AUG 03 2001

...BARRY MOVING FASTER AND GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED...

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER
TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
185 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 
 
BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH AND THIS 
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE 
IN FORWARD SPEED ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME 
GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH
CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND SOME COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE 
AIRCRAFT IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER 
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 
COAST TODAY. 
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...27.0 N... 87.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
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