ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 1998 AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...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 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.7 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT ARANSAS TEXAS. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH ...20 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE CENTER TO THE TEXAS COAST EARLY ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...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 ...325 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 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. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS CHARLEY MOVES INLAND. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA ARE CONTAINED IN PRODUCTS BEING ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...27.1 N... 95.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT...SATURDAY. JARVINEN STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC. NNNN