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Tropical Storm BILL (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BILL FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL032003
0300Z TUE JUL 01 2003

...CORRECTED 12 FT SEAS RADII...
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED WEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 30.8N  90.1W AT 01/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OR  20 DEGREES AT   9 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT....... 60NE 100SE  20SW  40NW.
12 FT SEAS..  0NE 130SE   0SW   0NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 30.8N  90.1W AT 01/0300Z
AT 01/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 30.4N  90.3W
 
FORECAST VALID 01/1200Z 32.5N  89.3W...DISSIPATING INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/0000Z 34.3N  87.5W...DISSIPATING INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z 35.7N  85.1W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 03/0000Z 36.8N  82.2W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 04/0000Z 37.5N  78.0W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 275 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 375 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 05/0000Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 30.8N  90.5W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 01/0900Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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