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| #48362 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:43 PM 24.Sep.2005) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM RITA ADVISORY NUMBER 29 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 4 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ...RITA EXPECTED TO BECOME A RAIN MAKER IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.0 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA. RITA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RITA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES. THE COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TODAY. HOWEVER... TIDES ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTS IN AREAS AFFECTED BY KATRINA COULD BE 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE WAVES... AND RESIDENTS THERE ARE EXPERIENCING COASTAL FLOODING. LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY RITA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOST PORTIONS OF THE GULF COAST. RITA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY TO THE EAST OF THE TRACK OF RITA... OVER LOUISIANA... MISSISSIPPI... AND ARKANSAS. REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...32.1 N... 94.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT. FORECASTER AVILA |
