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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  34
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL1002
1500Z TUE SEP 24 2002
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG
THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA TO PASCAGOULA
MISSISSIPPI.  A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
ALSO AT 10 AM CDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM
EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO DESTIN FLORIDA.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING
AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF
MEXICO FROM CABO CATOCHE TO VERACRUZ.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ISIDORE.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 22.1N  90.0W AT 24/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 335 DEGREES AT   7 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  987 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  50 KT WITH GUSTS TO  60 KT.
50 KT.......120NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT.......175NE 125SE 150SW 150NW.
12 FT SEAS..400NE 175SE 400SW 475NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 22.1N  90.0W AT 24/1500Z
AT 24/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 21.8N  89.8W
 
FORECAST VALID 25/0000Z 23.3N  90.5W
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...120NE 120SE 120SW 120NW.
34 KT...175NE 175SE 150SW 150NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 25/1200Z 25.1N  91.0W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
50 KT...120NE  60SE  60SW  60NW.
34 KT...175NE 175SE 150SW 150NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 26/0000Z 27.3N  91.2W
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
64 KT... 40NE  40SE  40SW  40NW.
50 KT...120NE  60SE  60SW  60NW.
34 KT...175NE 175SE 150SW 175NW.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 22.1N  90.0W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 26/1200Z 29.8N  91.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  75 KT...GUSTS  90 KT.
50 KT...120NE  60SE  60SW  60NW.
34 KT...200NE 200SE 175SW 100NW.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 27/1200Z 34.5N  87.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 24/2100Z
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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