ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT TUE JUL 08 2003 ...STRONG TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA SPAWNS TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE...THE THIRD NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON... AT 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR JAMAICA. AT 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA HAS DEVELOPED A CLOSED CIRCULATION AND HAS BECOME A TROPICAL STORM. AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.3 WEST OR ABOUT 415 MILES...670 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA. CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 29 MPH...46 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE NEAR JAMAICA ON WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES ...110 KM TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF JAMAICA. STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE PATH OF CLAUDETTE. REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...15.0 N... 71.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 29 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 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 8 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT. FORECASTER BEVEN NNNN
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