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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed Sep 25 2002 - 12:06:26 EDT
The latest updates on Isidore:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/2002/storm.php3?storm=10
9/25/02... 12PM... 15-20 FOOT WAVES REPORTED ACROSS GULF... MAX WIND 50
KNOTS... Gulf Beach Cameras... WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT ON THE
GULF COAST...
FROM THE NHC: "...ISIDORE CONTINUING NORTHWARD TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST... ISIDORE IS A LARGE STORM WITH THE CIRCULATION COVERING MUCH OF
THE GULF OF MEXICO... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
315 MILES...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES... NOAA BUOY 42001 (GRAPH) RECENTLY
REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 991.8 MB... 29.29 INCHES... BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN
ARE SPREADING ONTO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST... STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ISIDORE OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES DURING THE NEXT TWO TO THREE DAYS. HEAVY
RAINS WILL ALSO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THE
SOUTHEASTERN STATES DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLOODS... COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 6 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS... WITH HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS... ALONG WITH
BATTERING WAVES... CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
AREA..."
REUTERS REPORT: "If at some point you have a major hurricane -- and
there's one sitting offshore as we speak -- arrive directly into New
Orleans...then virtually all of central New Orleans would be
underwater." | NEWS PHOTOS SLIDE SHOW... RADAR LINKS...
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