000 WTNT32 KNHC 030217 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LARRY ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT THU OCT 02 2003 ...LARRY DRIFTING SLOWLY... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE BAY OF CAMPECHE COAST OF MEXICO FROM VERACRUZ TO CAMPECHE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN 36 HR. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.1 WEST OR ABOUT 160 MILES...260 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO. LARRY IS DRIFTING SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 2 MPH... 4 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRENGTHENING DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES ...280 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE ALONG THE COAST OF BAY OF CAMPECHE ON FRIDAY ...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES. THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED WHEREVER THE WINDS ARE BLOWING ONSHORE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...20.4 N... 94.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR 2 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 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
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