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Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE (Text)


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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER   9 RETRANSMITTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003

...CLAUDETTE MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AND BECOMING SOMEWHAT
DISORGANIZED...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING TO A HURRICANE WARNING FROM CABO CATOCHE TO
PROGRESO.  A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ON THE EASTERN AND
NORTHERN COASTS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL TO
PROGRESO.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN AND
WESTERN COASTS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM PROGRESO TO CAMPECHE...
AND ALONG THE BELIZE COAST FROM BELIZE CITY NORTHWARD TO THE
BELIZE-MEXICO BORDER.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND CAYMAN.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LITTLE CAYMAN AND CAYMAN
BRAC.  THESE WARNINGS COULD BE DISCONTINUED TONIGHT.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN BELIZE...THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...AND WESTERN
CUBA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  84.2 WEST OR ABOUT
210 MILES...340 KM...SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OVER OR NEAR THE
NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AND
SATELLITE IMAGERY SUGGEST THAT CLAUDETTE HAS BECOME LESS ORGANIZED
THIS AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO
BECOME A HURRICANE AS IT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES
...260 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  993 MB...29.32 INCHES.

TIDES OF 4 TO 6 FT ABOVE NORMAL...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NEAR
AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.  ABOVE
NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS WAVES ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER TODAY.
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH CLAUDETTE.  SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS OUTER RAINBANDS OVER THE
CAYMAN ISLANDS AND PORTIONS OF CUBA AT THIS TIME...AND RAINBANDS
SHOULD SPREAD OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...18.6 N... 84.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 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 8 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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