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TROPICAL STORM KEITH INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  25A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT WED OCT 04 2000

...CORRECTED FOR TIME IN HEADER...

...KEITH GETTING STRONGER AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE NORTHEAST MEXICAN
COAST...

THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FROM TUXPAN
TO LA PESCA.  A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NORTH OF LA
PESCA TO MATAMOROS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
SOUTH OF TUXPAN TO VERACRUZ.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT SOUTH OF VERACRUZ TO COATZACOALCOS.
 
THE HURRICANE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO MATAMOROS
LATER TODAY OR EARLY TOMORROW.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KEITH WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.8 WEST OR ABOUT 220
MILES...350 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
KEITH IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...23 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  65 MPH...105
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND KEITH IS LIKELY TO REGAIN HURRICANE STATUS
TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF  988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...20.7 N... 94.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 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
10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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