ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GRACE ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003 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 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE VERY POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.5 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. GRACE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH ...17 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE CENTER ACROSS THE TEXAS COAST SUNDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE STRONG WINDS AND RAIN ARE LOCATED NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER AND THE RAIN HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO AFFECT EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ...185 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2-4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...IS EXPECTED ALONG THE TEXAS COAST NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MOVES INLAND. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...25.5 N... 94.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT. FORECASTER LAWRENCE NNNN
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