ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003 ...BILL WEAKENING INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA BUT STILL POSES A HEAVY RAIN...STORM SURGE...AND TORNADO THREAT... AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED WEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING LAKE PONCHARTRAIN. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF BOGALUSA LOUISIANA. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STEADY WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 37 MPH WITH A GUST TO 52 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT THE GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI AIRPORT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OVER WATER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. STORM SURGE COASTAL FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...MUCH OF ALABAMA...AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...AS MANY AS FOUR TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE COASTAL REGION OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...30.8 N... 90.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 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. FORECASTER STEWART NNNN
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