STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 20 FOR T.D. "BARRY"
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT MON AUG 06 2001
AT 900 PM CDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARRY WAS LOCATED
NEAR 33.2N 88.9W...OR JUST SOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI STATE MISSISSIPPI. THE
CENTER OF THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN DRIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 7
MPH OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS
TRACK OFF TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TOWARDS
EASTERN ARKANSAS OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR THE
CENTER HAVE DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE HAS INCREASED TO 1015 MB...29.97 INCHES.
FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHERN LEON AND
NORTHWESTERN WAKULLA COUNTIES IN FLORIDA UNTIL 8 AM EDT. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AS WELL AS PARTS
OF NORTHERN FLORIDA AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE. FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES OVER ALABAMA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAVE
BEEN CANCELLED OR ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
DOPPLER RADAR IS CURRENTLY INDICATING A COMMA SHAPED SWATH OF
PRECIPITATION TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER...EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI NEAR TUPELO...THROUGH WESTERN ALABAMA...BACK INTO
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
SELECTED 12 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS INCLUDE:
FLORIDA (THROUGH 7 PM CDT, IN INCHES)
TALLAHASSEE.....................4.28
MARIANA.........................1.63
ALABAMA (THROUGH 7 PM CDT, IN INCHES)
MAXWELL AFB.....................2.74
SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT...........1.74
TROY............................1.61
MONTGOMERY......................1.09
BIRMINGHAM......................0.68
TUSCALOOSA......................0.65
MISSISSIPPI (THROUGH 7 PM CDT, IN INCHES)
TUPELO..........................0.48
JACKSON.........................0.38
LOUISIANA (THROUGH 7 PM CDT, INCHES)
NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT...........0.37
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE
EXPECTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE OVER THE
NEXT 6 HOURS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY ON BARRY WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 AM CDT.
PEREIRA/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH