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Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

...CLAUDETTE HEADING FOR THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...REMAINS POORLY
ORGANIZED...
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
CLAUDETTE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.6
WEST OR ABOUT 520 MILES...EAST SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL 
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...22.9 N... 89.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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