ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 4 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 1998 A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST OR ABOUT 335 MILES...540 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA. THE DEPRESSION IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND LITTLE MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...25.7 N... 91.6 W. MOVEMENT NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 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. GROSS STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC. NNNN