ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BILL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 7 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003 ...BILL WELL INLAND NEAR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...DANGEROUS FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES FROM HEAVY RAIN AND STORM SURGE... AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FROM WEST OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.3 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF SLIDELL LOUISIANA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI. BILL HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...BUT A SLOWER NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 55 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STEADY WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS BILL MOVES FURTHER INLAND AWAY FROM THE COAST. A WIND GUST TO 60 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION LOCATED ON THE LAKE PONCHARTRAIN CAUSEWAYS AND A GUST TO 54 MPH WAS REPORTED AT NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY OVER THE WATER. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES...BASED ON AN OBSERVATION FROM NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. STORM SURGE COASTAL FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI..SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...30.4 N... 90.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 55 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 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 PM CDT. FORECASTER STEWART NNNN
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