ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE GEORGES ADVISORY NUMBER 53 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 AM CDT MON SEP 28 1998 ...GEORGES MOVING LITTLE...PRODUCING ENORMOUS RAINS... AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS EAST OF DESTIN FLORIDA ARE DISCONTINUED...AND THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING WEST OF GRAND ISLE TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. IN SUMMARY...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEST OF GRAND ISLE TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. INTERESTS EAST OF DESTIN FLORIDA SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GEORGES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.0 WEST OR VERY NEAR GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. GEORGES IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND A VERY SLOW DRIFT...FURTHER INLAND OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...IS EXPECTED TODAY. DO NOT FOCUS ON THE PRECISE LOCATION AND TRACK OF THE CENTER. THE HURRICANES DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...RAIN...AND STORM SURGE COVER A WIDE SWATH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN A FEW SQUALLS EAST OF THE CENTER. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 967 MB...28.56 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING AND WAVES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER THE WARNING AREA TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS AS HIGH AS 20 TO 30 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SLOW-MOVING HURRICANE. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL TOTALS APPROACHING 20 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. SMALL CRAFT FROM WEST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS AND ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FROM EAST OF DESTIN TO TARPON SPRINGS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...30.4 N... 89.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 0 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 967 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT. PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. NNNN