ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANCES ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 4 AM CDT THU SEP 10 1998 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 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.0 WEST OR ABOUT 225 MILES...360 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. WHILE SOME MINOR SHIFTING OF THE CENTER IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...LITTLE OVERALL MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THAT PERIOD. MEANWHILE...BANDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND THE CENTER...AFFECTING COASTAL AND OFFSHORE AREAS OF THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 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 IN AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE WAVES...WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...23.5 N... 95.0 W. MOVEMENT ...NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 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. RAPPAPORT STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC. NNNN