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Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE

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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  23A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2003

...CLAUDETTE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS COAST FROM
MATAGORDA TO BROWNSVILLE...AND FOR THE MEXICAN COAST FROM THE
TEXAS BORDER SOUTHWARD TO RIO SAN FERNANDO.  

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS COAST FROM JUST
EAST OF MATAGORDA TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.

WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREAS LATER
TODAY.
  
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE  92.6 WEST OR ABOUT
290 MILES...470 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH
... 9 KM/HR.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN SPEED AND DIRECTION ARE
POSSIBLE...BUT THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TURN TO A
WEST-NORTHWEST DIRECTION IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
SWELLS ARE NOW IMPACTING THE SHORELINES ALONG THE TEXAS COAST AND
ARE CREATING DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...26.7 N... 92.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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