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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT MON AUG 06 2001

...BARRY WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...BUT FLOOD THREAT 
CONTINUES...
 
ALL COASTAL WARNINGS WERE DISCONTINUED AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE
87.3 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SELMA ALABAMA.

BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  A TURN TO 
THE NORTHWEST AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 30 MPH... 
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE.  WINDS WILL CONTINUE 
TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER 
AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED NEAR AND NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OVER THE NEXT 
DAY OR SO.  AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONG 
RAINBANDS CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND
EASTERN ALABAMA.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...32.1 N... 87.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON BARRY.  FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN
STORM SUMMARIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION
CENTER...HPC...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDSCCNS3 AND WMO HEADER ACUS43 
KWBC.  THE FIRST STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY HPC AT 5 PM 
EDT...2100Z...THIS AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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