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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  38A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002

...ISIDORE WOBBLES A LITTLE TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST...
 
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 ST. MARKS FLORIDA.

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ISIDORE.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  90.4 WEST OR ABOUT
250 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.
 
ISIDORE HAS MOVED TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH FOR THE 
PAST FEW HOURS. A GENERAL NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR OR OVER THE 
LOUISIANA COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE 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
315 MILES...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.  

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE 
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE SPREADING 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 TWO TO THREE DAYS.  HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO SPREAD NORTHWARD 
INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD.  THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLOODS.  BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL 
CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND SOUTHEASTERN
MEXICO TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 
LEVELS...WITH HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS...ALONG WITH BATTERING 
WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE 
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...26.3 N... 90.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 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 PM.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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