Hurricane CLAUDETTE

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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  29A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003
 
...CLAUDETTE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PORT ARANSAS TO
FREEPORT.  WARNINGS COULD BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS EVENING.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.2 WEST OR ABOUT 65
MILES SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND A GENERAL
MOTION TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER FARTHER
INLAND OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE
CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND. CLAUDETTE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...MAINLY
OVER WATER TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING...SWELLS...AND BATTERING WAVES ALONG THE TEXAS
COAST SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT.
 
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.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION......28.5 N... 98.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 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 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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