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Tropical Storm LARRY (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT SUN OCT 05 2003
 
...HEAVY RAINS FROM LARRY CONTINUE...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF
MEXICO FROM VERACRUZ TO CIUDAD DEL CARMEN.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS LOCATED
INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 93.8 WEST OR ABOUT 45
MILES...70 KM...EAST OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO.
 
LARRY HAS BEEN DRIFTING ERRATICALLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...
AND A SOUTH OR SOUTHWESTWARD DRIFT FARTHER INLAND IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LARRY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIS
EVENING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES
... 75 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.
 
HEAVY RAINS...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...AND LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO.
THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD AND MUDSLIDES.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...18.2 N... 93.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING ERRATICALLY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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 FRANKLIN
 
 
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