ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BILL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 7 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2003 ...BILL HEADS TOWARD THE LOUISIANA COAST... A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL CROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL AND BILL COULD REACH THE COAST AS A HURRICANE. A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA THIS MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. STORM SURGE COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AS BILL APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN COAST OF LOUISIANA. ISOLATED TORNADOS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI..SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...28.2 N... 91.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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 10 AM CDT. FORECASTER AVILA NNNN
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