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| #30123 (Received by flhurricane at: 1:56 PM 05.Jul.2005) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CINDY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2005 ...CINDY A LITTLE STRONGER...CONDITIONS DETERIORATING ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST.... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA...AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT EAST OF DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING 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 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. CINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE NEARING THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT OR EARLY ON WEDNESDAY. A SHIP JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER REPORTED WINDS NEAR 70 MPH...BUT QUALITY CONTROL ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY A LITTLE TOO HIGH. NEVERTHELESS...CINDY APPEARS TO HAVE STRENGTHENED A LITTLE MORE AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE IS NEARING CINDY AND SHOULD GIVE MORE DEFINITIVE INTENSITY INFORMATION. SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S....WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...27.6 N... 90.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 PM CDT. FORECASTER PASCH |
