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TROPICAL STORM BERYL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT TUE AUG 15 2000
 
...TROPICAL STORM BERYL AT THE COAST OF NORTHEAST MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS
SOUTHWARD TO TAMPICO MEXICO...BUT WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED LATER THIS
MORNING.
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  97.7 WEST. 
THIS POSITION IS ON THE COAST OF NORTHEAST MEXICO ABOUT 125
MILES...205 KM...SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS...AND ABOUT 75
MILES...125 KM...NORTH OF LA PESCA MEXICO.
 
BERYL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  8 MPH ...13 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS BRINGING
BERYL WELL INLAND OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING AS THE STORM
MOVES INLAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185
KM...TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
A STORM SURGE OF UP TO 2 TO 4 FT NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE
CENTER CROSSES THE COAST IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER
TODAY.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
BERYL.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS...
AND MUD SLIDES OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.
  
REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...24.1 N... 97.7 W.  MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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