ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 28B NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003 ...CLAUDETTE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM BAFFIN BAY TO HIGH ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS COAST NORTH OF HIGH ISLAND TO SABINE PASS. AT 2 PM CDT...1900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.1 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF VICTORIA TEXAS. CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE EYE OF CLAUDETTE INTO THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WHEN THE EYE PASSES OVERHEAD...THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO NEAR CALM...AND THEN INCREASE TO EQUAL OR EVEN GREATER FORCE THAN BEFORE THE EYE PASSED. DO NOT VENTURE OUT DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE EYE. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FURTHER WEAKENING SHOULD OCCUR AS THE EYE OF CLAUDETTE MOVES FURTHER INLAND. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...MAINLY OVER WATER TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN TEXAS NEAR THE EYE...WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TEXAS COAST. VICTORIA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 49 MPH WITH A WIND GUST TO 63 MPH BEFORE CONTACT WAS LOST WITH THE STATION. THERE WAS AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 94 MPH WITH A WIND GUST TO 104 MPH AT POINT COMFORT TEXAS AS CLAUDETTE MADE LANDFALL. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING...SWELLS...AND BATTERING WAVES ALONG THE TEXAS COAST SHOULD SUBSIDE TONIGHT AS THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE MOVES FARTHER INLAND. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CLAUDETTE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE UPPER AND MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 2 PM CDT POSITION...28.6 N... 97.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 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 BEVEN NNNN
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