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TROPICAL STORM EMILY ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005
 
...EMILY STILL PRODUCING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS
INLAND OVER NORTHEASTERN MEXICO...

AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM
SOUTH OF THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER SOUTHWARD TO LA PESCA
MEXICO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EMILY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 100.2 WEST OR ABOUT
65 MILES... 110 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MONTERREY MEXICO AND ABOUT
180 MILES... 290 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
 
EMILY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH... 17 KM/HR... AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... BRINGING EMILY FARTHER
INLAND AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT... AND EMILY WILL LIKELY
BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
DATA FROM BROWNSVILLE TEXAS INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS CONTINUE IN RAINBANDS WELL NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER... BETWEEN
MONTERREY MEXICO AND THE TEXAS BORDER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO... WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. 
THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD
SLIDES.

SINCE 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... MONTERREY MEXICO... LOCATED ON THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS... HAS RECEIVED 3.39
INCHES OF RAINFALL.

ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN TEXAS
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...25.0 N...100.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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