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TROPICAL STORM NATE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  15A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL152011
700 AM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011
 
...NATE MAKING LANDFALL JUST NORTH OF VERACRUZ...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...19.4N 96.3W
ABOUT 15 MI...25 KM NNW OF VERACRUZ MEXICO
ABOUT 130 MI...210 KM SSE OF TUXPAN MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...SW OR 235 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...16 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.67 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* MEXICO FROM TUXPAN TO VERACRUZ
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT NATE IS MAKING LANDFALL ABOUT 15
MILES...25 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO...WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 60 MPH...95 KM/H. 

AT 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NATE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.3 WEST. NATE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...16 KM/H. A WESTWARD TO
SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...BRINGING THE
CENTER OF NATE INLAND OVER THE MEXICAN STATE OF VERACRUZ.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. RAPID WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY AS THE CENTER MOVES
INLAND...AND NATE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
LATER TODAY AND MAY DISSIPATE BY TONIGHT. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.67 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE COAST
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA AND WILL SPREAD INLAND IN A SMALL AREA NEAR
THE CENTER OF NATE. 
 
RAINFALL...NATE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4
TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES OVER THE
MEXICAN STATE OF VERACRUZ.
 
STORM SURGE...A STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 2
TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST NEAR
AND TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1000 AM CDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
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