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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT THU SEP 05 2002
 
...NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF 
MEXICO...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED.

AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
MATAGORDA TEXAS TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT 
INDICATE THAT THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF 
OF MEXICO HAS BECOME TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX.

AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.8 WEST OR ABOUT
100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

THE DEPRESSION IS STATIONARY.  STEERING CURRENTS ARE WEAK...AND A 
SLOW AND ERRATIC MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.  THE DEPRESSION IS 
EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 
1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL 
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES NEAR THE COASTLINE.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS WITH ONSHORE FLOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...28.1 N... 93.8 W.  MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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