Tropical Storm BILL

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TROPICAL STORM BILL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   1A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES IS IN EFFECT FROM SAN LUIS PASS
TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...
GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1500Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
BILL WAS RELOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  91.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 460 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS.
 
BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH AND A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES MAINLY TO
THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...23.7 N... 91.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 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 LAWRENCE
 
 
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