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TROPICAL STORM KEITH ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT WED OCT 04 2000

...KEITH STRENGTHENING...HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR MEXICO... 

AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WARNING FROM TUXPAN TO LA PESCA.  A HURRICANE WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FROM NORTH OF LA PESCA TO MATAMOROS.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM SOUTH OF TUXPAN TO VERACRUZ.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF VERACRUZ TO
COATZACOALCOS.
 
THE HURRICANE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO MATAMOROS
LATER TODAY OR EARLY TOMORROW.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KEITH WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.1 WEST OR ABOUT 275
MILES...445 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
KEITH 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  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED...AND KEITH COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...20.4 N... 94.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 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 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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