Tropical Storm LARRY

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TROPICAL STORM LARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  13A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT SAT OCT 04 2003
 
...LARRY MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TOWARD MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
ALONG THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM VERACRUZ TO CIUDAD DEL CARMEN. 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH FROM VERACRUZ TO TUXPAN
AND FROM CIUDAD DEL CARMEN TO CAMPECHE.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  93.8 WEST OR ABOUT
55 MILES...90 KM...NORTHEAST OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO.  THIS POSITION
IS ALSO ABOUT 25 MILES...40 KM...DUE NORTH OF THE COAST OF MEXICO.
 
LARRY IS MOVING DRIFTING SOUTHWARD NEAR  3 MPH...5 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING LARRY OVER LAND ON SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST UNTIL LARRY MOVES OVER
LAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 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 LARRY MOVES CLOSER TO THE COAST.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD AND
MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...18.6 N... 93.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 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 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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