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TROPICAL STORM KEITH INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  29A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT THU OCT 05 2000

...KEITH DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM OVER NORTHEASTERN MEXICO...
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE
HURRICANE WARNING TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM NORTH OF TAMPICO
TO LA PESCA.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KEITH WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  99.0 WEST OR INLAND ABOUT 35
MILES...60 KM...SOUTH OF CIUDAD VICTORIA MEXICO.
 
KEITH IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH
SOME REDUCTION IN FORWARD SPEED TOMORROW.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...105 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MAINLY OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AND OVER WATER TO THE EAST OF
THE CENTER.  KEITH WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN TONIGHT AS IT
MOVES FURTHER INLAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES...240
KM...MAINLY OVER WATER TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.  AN 
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR IN CIUDAD MANTE REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 985 MB
DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST...ACCOMPANIED BY
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...WILL BE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT. 
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINS...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE TRACK OF KEITH.
THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...23.2 N... 99.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 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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