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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...
 
..A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS COAST FROM
HIGH ISLAND TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...CDT...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  93.1 WEST OR
ABOUT 285 MILES...455 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR. THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
CYCLONE TO THE TEXAS COAST IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE
DEPRESSION IS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AND WILL LIKELY BECOME A
TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS CURRENTLY
APPROACHING THE DEPRESSION.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH OF THE
DEPRESSION. RAINBANDS ARE ALREADY SPREADING OVER THE UPPER TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COASTS. 
 
REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...25.6 N... 93.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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
4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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