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TROPICAL DEPRESSION KEITH ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT WED OCT 04 2000

...KEITH GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE...EXPECTED
TO RESTRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL STORM THIS AFTERNOON...
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM MATAMOROS SOUTHWARD TO COATZACOALCOS.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THE
WATCH AREA LATER TODAY.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  93.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 310 MILES...500 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  KEITH IS GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE WARM WATERS OF
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AGAIN
LATER TODAY.  AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL
INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...20.2 N... 93.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
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 FRANKLIN
 
 
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