Tropical Storm GRACE

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TROPICAL STORM GRACE ADVISORY NUMBER   2...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003

CORRECTED TEXT CONCERNING RAINBANDS...CHANGED DEPRESSION TO GRACE

...TROPICAL STORM GRACE FORMS IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT 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.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  93.7 WEST OR ABOUT 
280 MILES...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.
 
GRACE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GRACE IS EXPECTED MAKE LANDFALL ALONG
THE TEXAS COAST IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 30 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING
THE TROPICAL STORM AND WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THE
STRENGTH OF THIS TROPICAL CYCLONE.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...MAINLY NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH OF THE
GRACE. RAINBANDS ARE ALREADY SPREADING OVER THE UPPER TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COASTS.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2-4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE THE CENTER OF GRACE MAKES
LANDFALL.
 
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...25.6 N... 93.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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