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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE ADVISORY NUMBER  32
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT MON SEP 23 2002

...ISIDORE STILL STATIONARY AND BARELY A TROPICAL STORM BUT LIKELY 
TO START MOVING VERY SOON...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF
MEXICO FROM CABO CATOCHE TO VERACRUZ.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ISIDORE.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
ISIDORE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.3 WEST 
OR ABOUT 40 MILES...65 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MERIDA MEXICO.
 
ISIDORE REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY.  HOWEVER A SLOW NORTHWESTWARD 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN VERY SOON...BRINGING THE CENTER BACK 
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FURTHER WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS LONG AS THE CENTER REMAINS 
OVER LAND...BUT ISIDORE SHOULD BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN AFTER IT MOVES 
OVER WATER.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  980 MB...28.94 INCHES.

VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...OTHER 
PORTIONS OF EASTERN MEXICO...AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL 
AMERICA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE 
LIKELY.  

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
IS LIKELY IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS OVER THE NORTHWEST YUCATAN
PENINSULA AND ELSEWHERE ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO FROM CAMPECHE
WESTWARD TO NEAR VERACRUZ.  TIDES ARE RUNNING 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL ALONG MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF COAST...AND THIS
COMBINED WITH LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY ISIDORE MAY CAUSE SOME
COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION.

REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...20.5 N... 89.3 W.  MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 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 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT...TUESDAY.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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