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TROPICAL STORM FRANCES FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0698
2100Z FRI SEP 11 1998
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED SOUTH
OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM PORT OCONNOR TO MORGAN CITY
LOUISIANA.  WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.
 
SMALL CRAFT FROM MORGAN CITY TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
...AND SOUTHWARD FROM PORT OCONNOR THROUGH THE NORTHEAST COAST OF
MEXICO SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED INLAND NEAR 28.6N  97.1W AT 11/2100Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  60 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR   0 DEGREES AT  0 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  994 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  35 KT WITH GUSTS TO  45 KT
34 KT.......225NE 200SE   0SW   0NW
12 FT SEAS..300NE 200SE   0SW   0NW
ALL QUADRANT RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 28.6N  97.1W AT 11/2100Z
AT 11/1800Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 28.5N  97.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 12/0600Z 29.0N  97.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT
 
FORECAST VALID 12/1800Z 30.0N  98.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT
 
FORECAST VALID 13/0600Z 31.1N  98.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 28.6N  97.1W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 13/1800Z 32.1N  98.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT
 
OUTLOOK VALID 14/1800Z 34.0N  98.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 12/0300Z
 
LAWRENCE
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
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