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Tropical Storm ERIKA (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIKA ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 2003
 
...ERIKA HAS BECOME A RAIN PRODUCER...

AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIKA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  99.8 WEST OR ABOUT 70
MILES...110 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MONTERREY MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH
...28 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ERIKA IS FOREXCAST TO DISSIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF ERIKA.  THIS COULD CAUSE
FLASH FLOODS...AND MUDSLIDES IN AREAS NEAR ELEVATED TERRAIN.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...24.6 N... 99.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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