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Tropical Storm ANA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ANA ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED APR 23 2003
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 50.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1170
MILES...1885 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.

ANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH ...17
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...  65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES ...230 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...32.1 N...  50.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.

FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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