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| #133982 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:43 AM 02.Jun.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022007 500 AM EDT SAT JUN 02 2007 ...POORLY-ORGANIZED BARRY ACCELERATING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST... 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 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES...290 KM...SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 175 MILES... 280 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. BARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF BARRY ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS MINIMAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR THE CENTER AT THIS TIME...AND SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. BARRY WILL LIKELY LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AFTER IT MAKES LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM FROM THE CENTER. WINDS NEAR TROPICAL-STORM FORCE ARE OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COASTS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AT THIS TIME...WITH NOAA BUOY 41009 EAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL REPORTING GUSTS TO 40 MPH 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. WIND AND WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH BARRY ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIPS CURRENTS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. 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 COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA. ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL CUBA. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. REPEATING THE 500 AM EDT POSITION...25.9 N...84.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 AM EDT. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN |
