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TROPICAL STORM BERYL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   4A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

...DISORGANIZED BERYL MOVING NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BAFFIN BAY TEXAS
SOUTHWARD TO LA PESCA MEXICO...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF LA PESCA TO NORTH OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  96.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 175 MILES...280 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
 
BERYL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND BERYL COULD REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MOST RECENT PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
A STORM SURGE OF 2-5 FT CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF
WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5-10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
BERYL. 
 
REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...23.8 N... 96.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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