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Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003

...CLAUDETTE HAS WEAKENED AS QUICKLY AS IT INTENSIFIED EARLIER
TODAY...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS REPLACED THE
HURRICANE WARNING WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM CHETUMAL NORTHWARD AROUND THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA TO CAMPECHE.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM BELIZE
CITY NORTHWARD TO THE BELIZE-MEXICO BORDER HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN BELIZE...THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...AND WESTERN
CUBA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
CLAUDETTE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  85.8
WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES...130 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE WILL BE MOVING OVER 
NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN WITHIN THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE BARELY 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS IN RAINBANDS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE THE CENTER MOVES OVER YUCATAN.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FT ABOVE NORMAL...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA
NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.  
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH CLAUDETTE.
  
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...20.0 N... 85.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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