| HOME | ARCHIVES | FORECASTS | IMAGERY | ABOUT NHC | RECONNAISSANCE |

---

Tropical Storm LARRY (Text)

ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LARRY ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT THU OCT 02 2003

...LARRY DRIFTING SOUTHWARD AND STRENGTHENING...TROPICAL STORM
WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED...
 
AT 5 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE COAST OF THE
BAY OF CAMPECHE FROM VERACRUZ TO CAMPECHE.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS.  A HURRICANE WATCH
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA
WITHIN 36 HR.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  93.6 WEST OR ABOUT 185
MILES...300 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO.
 
LARRY IS DRIFTING ERRATICALLY SOUTHWARD.  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  60 MPH... 95
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL SLOW STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM
FROM THE CENTER.  REPORTS FROM THE HURRICANE HUNTER INDICATE THAT
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CLOSE TO THE MEXICAN COAST SOUTHWEST
OF THE CENTER...AND THESE WINDS COULD SPREAD ONSHORE IN THE WARNING
AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER
IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.

ABOVE-NORMAL TIDES SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE ALONG THE COAST OF BAY
OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...20.4 N... 93.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING SOUTH.  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.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
NNNN