Hurricane CLAUDETTE
ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER 30 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003 ...CLAUDETTE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INLAND...COASTAL WARNINGS DISCONTINUED... AT 10 PM CDT...0300 UTC...ALL COASTAL WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED. HOWEVER...A FEW WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN RAINBANDS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 98.9 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH. A WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CLAUDETTE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WEDNESDAY MORNING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES ... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING...SWELLS...AND BATTERING WAVES ALONG THE TEXAS COAST ARE SUBSIDING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CLAUDETTE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT. ONE FATALITY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CLAUDETTE...A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED BY A FALLING TREE IN JOURDANTON TEXAS IN ATASCOSA COUNTY. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...28.5 N... 98.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON CLAUDETTE CAN BE FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT34 KWNH...BEGINNING AT 4 AM CDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN NNNN