ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 7 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 1998 ...TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY APPROACHING TEXAS COASTLINE... AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT FROM CAMERON TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.0 WEST OR ABOUT 170 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. CHARLEY IS FORECAST TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE CENTER TO THE TEXAS COAST EARLY ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. WATER LEVELS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA ARE CONTAINED IN PRODUCTS BEING ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...26.7 N... 95.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 PM CDT FOLLOWED. JARVINEN STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC. NNNN