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TROPICAL STORM BARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  16A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
12 AM CDT MON AUG 06 2001

...BARRY MOVING ONSHORE THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PENSACOLA 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.

AT 12 AM CDT...0500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
20 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DESTIN FLORIDA AND ABOUT 40 MILES WEST
OF PANAMA CITY FLORIDA

BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION 
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CROSS 
THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WITHIN 2 HOURS.  THE NORTHERN 
EYEWALL HAS ALREADY MOVED ONSHORE FROM LAGUNA BEACH TO DESTIN 
FLORIDA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT BARRY COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE BEFORE THE CENTER COMPLETELY MOVES INLAND.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES MAINLY TO 
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

DESTIN FLORIDA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 43 MPH...WHILE CAPE 
SAN BLAS FLORIDA REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 41 MPH.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 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 NORTHERN FLORIDA TODAY.  THESE RAINS
WILL ALSO SPREAD INLAND INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF 
NORTHERN FLORIDA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND 
SOUTHERN ALABAMA.
 
REPEATING THE 12 AM CDT POSITION...30.3 N...  86.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 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 2 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT.

FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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