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Tropical Storm BILL (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BILL ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003

...TROPICAL STORM BILL FORMS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SAN
LUIS PASS TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  91.5 WEST OR ABOUT 460 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS.
 
BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES MAINLY TO
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...23.5 N... 91.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 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 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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