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Tropical Storm LARRY (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT SAT OCT 04 2003
 
...LARRY MEANDERING OVER THE SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG
THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM TUXPAN TO CAMPECHE.
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS
LOCATED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE  NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 94.0 WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES...235 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF
VERACRUZ MEXICO.
 
LARRY HAS BEEN MEANDERING DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS BUT A
SOUTHWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TODAY.  THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE LARRY CLOSER TO THE COAST OF MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE ESTIMATED TO
BE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 FEET OF STORM SURGE
CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CENTER WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA AS THE LARRY MOVES ASHORE. 
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH LARRY ARE SPREADING ONSHORE
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...19.5 N... 94.0 W.  MOVEMENT...
MEANDERING.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA 
 
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