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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT SUN AUG 05 2001

...BARRY NEARLY A HURRICANE...ALL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND 
PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI
EASTWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FLORIDA.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO THE MOUTH OF
THE SUWANEE RIVER...AND FROM WEST OF PASCAGOULA TO GRAND ISLE
LOUISIANA INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.4 WEST OR ABOUT
140 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.

BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH.  A SLIGHT INCREASE IN 
FORWARD SPEED IS LIKELY LATER TODAY.  ON THE PRESENT TRACK... 
LANDFALL IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  BARRY
IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...MAINLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CENTER.  TROPICAL STORM 
FORCE WINDS WILL BE REACHING THE COAST BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM RECONNAISSANCE REPORTS 
IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4-5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH BREAKING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE
EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...
IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT.  THESE RAINS WILL ALSO SPREAD INLAND INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA 
AND GEORGIA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE LATER TODAY.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...28.4 N...  86.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  990 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 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM
CDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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