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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE ADVISORY NUMBER  34
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT TUE SEP 24 2002

...ISIDORE MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...WATCHES AND WARNINGS
ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...
 
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.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  90.0 WEST OR ABOUT
80 MILES...130 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MERIDA MEXICO.  THIS IS ALSO
ABOUT 485 MILES...785 KM...SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA COAST.
 
ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT 25 HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD TAKE THE CENTER AWAY FROM THE 
YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ISIDORE IS A LARGE STORM WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTENDING
OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND 
OTHER PORTIONS OF EASTERN MEXICO.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 
TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE BANDS MOVE OFFSHORE LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO SPREAD ONTO
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.  

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.  THESE TIDES SHOULD DIMINISH LATER
TODAY.  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 AM CDT POSITION...22.1 N... 90.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 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 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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