ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BILL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003 ...BILL NEARS THE LOUISIANA COAST...DANGEROUS FLOOD THREAT FROM RAINFALL AND STORM SURGE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE HURRICANE WATCH IS DISCONTINUED ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM WEST OF CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.3 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE STORM INLAND OVER LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS UNTIL THE STORM MOVES INLAND. A SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF 47 MPH WITH A GUST TO 55 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AUTOMATED STATION LOCATED SOUTH OF HOUMA AND MAINTAINED BY LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002MB...29.59 INCHES. STORM SURGE COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AT ABOUT 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI..SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...29.2 N... 91.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 PM CDT. FORECASTER LAWRENCE NNNN
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