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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT TUE SEP 24 2002

...ISIDORE CONTINUES NORTHWARD...HAS NOT STRENGTHENED...

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS TO DESTIN FLORIDA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF
MEXICO FROM CABO CATOCHE TO CAMPECHE.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE 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 23.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.7 WEST 
OR ABOUT 385 MILES SOUTH OF THE LOUISIANA COAST.
 
ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ISIDORE IS A LARGE STORM WITH THE CIRCULATION COVERING MUCH OF THE 
GULF OF MEXICO.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
345 MILES...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. 

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEGUN TO SPREAD ONTO THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST.  STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH ISIDORE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES 
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE- 
THREATENING FLOODS.  BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER
PORTIONS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...WITH
AN ADDITIONAL 5 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

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 EARLY 
WEDNESDAY.  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 COULD CAUSE SOME COASTAL FLOODING AND
BEACH EROSION.  THESE STORM TIDES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN THE
WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...23.5 N... 89.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 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 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT...WEDNESDAY.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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