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Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2003

...CLAUDETTE NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WEST OF PROGRESO
AND SOUTH OF TULUM.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN COASTS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM
PROGRESO TO TULUM.
 
INTERESTS IN WESTERN CUBA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
CLAUDETTE.

SATELLITE IMAGERY AND REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE IS SOMEWHAT TO THE
WEST OF THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY LOCATION.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.4
WEST OR ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ABOUT
55 MILES...85 KM...NORTHWEST OF CANCUN MEXICO.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A SLOWER
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING
THE CENTER INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO 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.

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TODAY AS CLAUDETTE MOVES
AWAY FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN
ASSOCIATION WITH CLAUDETTE.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...21.6 N... 87.4 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 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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