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| #133957 (Received by flhurricane at: 1:58 AM 02.Jun.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022007 200 AM EDT SAT JUN 02 2007 ...BARRY MOVING NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS WEST COAST OF FLORIDA WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...WIDESPREAD RAINS CONTINUE... 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 200 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.6 WEST OR ABOUT 240 MILES...385 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 160 MILES...295 KM...WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH...16 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR OR OVER THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA LATER 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 OVERALL 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. THE NOAA AUTOMATED STATION AT PULASKI SHOAL FLORIDA REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 48 MPH... 77 KM/HR...DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. 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 THIS MORNING. REPEATING THE 200 AM EDT POSITION...25.0 N...84.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM EDT. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN |
