ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES ADVISORY NUMBER 14 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1998 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SPREADING HEAVY RAINS... SMALL CRAFT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHEAST COAST OF MEXICO...SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 96.4 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES WEST OF HOUSTON TEXAS. THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. SINCE THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING SLOWLY...ONSHORE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE AND THE COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL BE VERY SLOW TO SUBSIDE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 6 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER... ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TRACK OF THE DEPRESSION. CONSULT STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR DETAILS CONCERNING RAIN AND FLOODING OVER TEXAS AND LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG THE COAST OF LOUISIANA...OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...29.7 N... 96.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD... NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON FRANCES. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE CONTAINED IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER. AVILA NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY. NNNN