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TROPICAL STORM FRANCES ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT WED SEP 09 1998

...FRANCES REMAINS LARGE BUT DISORGANIZED... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF OF MEXICO
COAST FROM HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MOUTH OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS
RELOCATED BY RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  95.5 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES...320 KM..SOUTHEAST OF
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.  THIS IS A REFORMATION OF THE CENTER AND NOT A
SOUTHWARD MOTION OF THE STORM.
 
FRANCES IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES ...465 KM
MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. AN OIL RIG LOCATED WELL
TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER RECENTLY REPORTED GUSTS TO 83 MPH
...134 KM/HR.  THIS WIND GAGE IS LOCATED ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE SEA
LEVEL. 
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED
BY LARGE WAVES...ARE ALREADY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS COAST.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER
COASTAL SECTIONS OF TEXAS DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...23.5 N... 95.5 W.  MOVEMENT
LITTLE MOTION.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE... 994 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...THURSDAY.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC.
 
 
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