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| #133938 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:43 PM 01.Jun.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022007 1100 PM EDT FRI JUN 01 2007 ...RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH BARRY SOAKING FLORIDA...MORE TO COME... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO KEATON BEACH. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF KEATON BEACH TO ST. MARKS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THIS CASE...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.9 WEST OR ABOUT 270 MILES...440 KM...SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 195 MILES... 315 KM...WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. BARRY HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT THE CYCLONE SHOULD SOON BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SHORT TERM BUT A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE THE CENTER OF BARRY MAKES LANDFALL. BARRY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS AND PENINSULA INTO SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA. REPEATING THE 1100 PM EDT POSITION...24.7 N...84.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 AM EDT. $$ FORECASTER AVILA |
