Tropical Storm GRACE

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TROPICAL STORM GRACE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003

...GRACE REMAINS ILL DEFINED...BARELY A TROPICAL STORM...

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 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  96.0 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

GRACE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION
WOULD BRING THE CENTER ACROSS THE TEXAS COAST LATER TODAY.  HOWEVER
THE STRONGER WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS EXTEND WELL NORTH AND EAST OF
THE CENTER...AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPREADING OVER
PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES NORTHEAST
OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE
EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND LESSER AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE TEXAS COAST NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE
CENTER MOVES INLAND.

REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...27.0 N... 96.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 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 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH

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