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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  32A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT TUE SEP 24 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 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
ISIDORE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.5 
WEST...VERY NEAR THE CITY OF MERIDA MEXICO.
 
ISIDORE IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. THIS GENERAL  
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...BRINGING THE CENTER BACK 
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THESE WINDS ARE CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA OVER OPEN WATER.  
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...MAINLY OVER WATER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.08 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 1 AM CDT POSITION...20.9 N... 89.5 W.  MOVEMENT
...DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 AM CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
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