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Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003

...CLAUDETTE NEAR THE NORTHEAST TIP OF YUCATAN...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CHETUMAL NORTHWARD
AROUND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TO CAMPECHE.
 
INTERESTS IN WESTERN CUBA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE  86.9 WEST OR NEAR
THE COAST OF NORTHEAST YUCATAN ABOUT 30 MILES...50 KM...NORTH OF
COZUMEL MEXICO.
 
CLAUDETTE HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH
...22 KM/HR...BUT APPEARS TO HAVE SLOWED DOWN AS IT INTERACTS WITH
THE LAND.  HOWEVER...IT SHOULD RESUME THIS MOTION SHORTLY AND
CONTINUE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  55 MPH... 90 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FT ABOVE NORMAL...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA
NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH CLAUDETTE.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...21.0 N... 86.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 55 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN/STEWART
 
 
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