Tropical Storm CINDY

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TROPICAL STORM CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT TUE JUL 05 2005

...CINDY CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF
COAST...TROPICAL STORM WARNING EXTENDED A LITTLE EASTWARD...

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED
EASTWARD TO DESTIN FLORIDA AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED EAST OF DESTIN TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA.  ALSO AT 10 AM
CDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY
LOUISIANA IS DISCONTINUED.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM INTRACOASTAL 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 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 90.4 WEST OR ABOUT
165 MILES... 265 KM... SOUTH-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.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  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 1002 MB...29.59 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 10 AM CDT POSITION...27.0 N... 90.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM
CDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
  
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