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Tropical Depression ELEVEN


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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN FORMS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR
THE TEXAS COAST FROM HIGH ISLAND TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT TROPICAL
DEPRESSION ELEVEN HAS FORMED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. AT 10 AM
CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  92.4 WEST OR ABOUT 335 MILES
...540 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR. THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
CYCLONE TO THE TEXAS COAST IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE
LANDFALL.  A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL CHECK THE DEPRESSION THIS
AFTERNOON. 

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER 
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH OF THE
DEPRESSION.
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...25.2 N... 92.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 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 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM
CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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