| HOME | ARCHIVES | FORECASTS | IMAGERY | ABOUT NHC | RECONNAISSANCE |

---

Tropical Storm LARRY (Text)

ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT SUN OCT 05 2003
 
...LARRY MOVING SLOWLY INLAND...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE...

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE
HURRICANE WATCH.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG
THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM VERACRUZ TO CIUDAD CEL CARMEN.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS
LOCATED JUST INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 93.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 65 MILES...100 KM...EAST OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO.
 
LARRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR 2 MPH ... 4 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BRINGING
THE CENTER OF LARRY FARTHER INLAND.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LARRY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES
... 75 KM...MAINLY OFFSHORE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE WAVES...IS LIKELY OCCURRING AT THIS
TIME NEAR AND TO THE WEST OF THE CENTER OF LARRY.
 
HEAVY RAINS...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO.
THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD AND MUDSLIDES.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...18.3 N... 93.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 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 FRANKLIN
 
 
NNNN