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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

...ISIDORE MOVING FARTHER INLAND AND BEGINNING TO WEAKEN...
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED
WEST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO ST. MARKS FLORIDA.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.7 WEST OR JUST
WEST OF POPLARVILLE MISSISSIPPI.  THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 60 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.
 
ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS 
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  60 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO SOUTHEAST OF THE 
CENTER.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 345 MILES MAINLY
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.  NOAA BUOY 42007 RECENTLY REPORTED
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 46 MPH WITH A GUST TO 63 MPH.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
SEVERAL STATIONS IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA HAVE REPORTED PRESSURES
NEAR 985 MB DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...TENNESSEE VALLEY...OHIO VALLEY...
AND EASTERN GULF COAST.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING 
FLOODS.  HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA SHOULD DIMINISH
TODAY.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 
LEVELS...WITH HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS...ALONG WITH BATTERING 
WAVES...IS OCCURRING WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA TO 
THE EAST OF THE CENTER AND IN LAKE PONCHARTRAIN.  THESE TIDES
WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER TODAY.

TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO WESTERN 
GEORGIA...AS WELL AS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...30.7N... 89.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 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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