ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 28A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL NOON CDT TUE JUL 15 2003 ...CLAUDETTE MAKES LANDFALL AT MATAGORDA BAY ON THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM BAFFIN BAY TO HIGH ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS COAST NORTH OF HIGH ISLAND TO SABINE PASS. AT NOON CDT...1700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.7 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF VICTORIA TEXAS. CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS...THE EYE OF CLAUDETTE HAS MADE LANDFALL OVER THE MATAGORDA PENINSULA OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. THE EYE WILL MOVE FURTHER INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WHEN THE EYE PASSES OVERHEAD...THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO NEAR CALM...AND THEN INCREASE TO EQUAL OR EVEN GREATER FORCE THAN BEFORE THE EYE PASSED. DO NOT VENTURE OUT DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE EYE. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN SHORTLY AS THE EYE OF CLAUDETTE MOVES FURTHER INLAND. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TEXAS COAST. VICTORIA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 53 MPH. UNOFFICIAL REPORTS INCLUDE A WIND GUST OF 88 MPH AT A POWER PLANT IN MATAGORDA COUNTY...AND A WIND GUST OF 84 MPH AT PORT LAVACA. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT JUST BEFORE LANDFALL WAS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. LARGE SWELLS HAVE BEEN IMPACTING THE SHORELINES ELSEWHERE ALONG THE TEXAS COAST AND ARE CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CLAUDETTE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE UPPER AND MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. REPEATING THE NOON CDT POSITION...28.5 N... 96.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 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 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT. FORECASTER BEVEN NNNN
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