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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT SAT AUG 04 2001
 
...BARRY MOVING LITTLE...REMAINS WEAK BUT COULD STRENGTHEN... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO MORGAN CITY
LOUISIANA.  THIS WATCH COULD BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING AND SHIFTED
EASTWARD LATER TODAY.  INTERESTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA
...AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE COASTS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
BARRY.

AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.9 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES 
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
BARRY HAS MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT A DRIFT TOWARD 
THE NORTHWEST COULD BEGIN TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH IN A VERY SMALL AREA...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS FORECAST TODAY BUT SOME 
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES TO THE 
NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 
1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

SOME COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...26.7 N... 87.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
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.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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