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TROPICAL STORM BERYL ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

...BERYL MOVING A LITTLE FASTER...NO INCREASE IN STRENGTH...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BAFFIN BAY TEXAS
SOUTHWARD TO LA PESCA MEXICO...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF LA PESCA TO NORTH OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  96.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 135 MILES...215 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
 
BERYL IS MOVING A LITTLE FASTER...AND IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE WEST
NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR.  THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED...BUT WITH THE FASTER
FORWARD MOTION BERYL MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME OVER WATER TO REACH
HURRICANE STRENGTH BEFORE LANDFALL.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MOST RECENT PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS
1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
A STORM SURGE OF 2-4 FT CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF
WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5-10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
BERYL.
 
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...24.2 N... 96.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST 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.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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