ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 4 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 1998 ...TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY BEARING DOWN ON THE MID TEXAS COAST... AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TO SABINE PASS TEXAS. AT 4 AM TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FROM SABINE PASS TEXAS TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT SABINE PASS TEXAS TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.8 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PORT ARANSAS. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARDS THE WEST-NORTHWEST. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE CROSSING THE COAST THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS OF 41 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH...WERE RECENTLY REPORTED AT ROCKPORT TEXAS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST AFTER LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. WATER LEVELS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FROM 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AFTER THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER NEAR THE TRACK OF CHARLEY. REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...27.8 N... 96.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT. GUINEY STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC. NNNN