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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  42A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

...ISIDORE MOVING FARTHER INLAND AND BEGINNING TO WEAKEN...
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800 UTC...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED
ON THE LOUISIANA COAST WEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO ST. MARKS FLORIDA.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.8 WEST OR ABOUT
20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.
 
ISIDORE IS NOW MOVING NORTHWARD NEAR 20 MPH.  A GRADUAL TURN TO
THE NORTHEAST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  50 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.  
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  988 MB...29.18 INCHES.

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 AND SOUTHEASTERN 
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 
LEVELS...WITH HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS...ALONG WITH BATTERING 
WAVES...CONTINUES WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA TO 
THE EAST OF THE CENTER AND IN LAKE PONCHARTRAIN. THIS FLOODING WILL 
BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER TODAY.  RECENT INNUNDATIONS OF LOW LYING 
AREAS OF HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SLIDELL LOUISIANA. 

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

REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...32.1N... 89.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 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 CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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