Tropical Storm LARRY

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TROPICAL STORM LARRY ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT FRI OCT 03 2003

...LARRY DRIFTING ERRATICALLY SOUTHWESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE COAST OF MEXICO FROM VERACRUZ TO CAMPECHE.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.6 WEST OR ABOUT
120 MILES...195 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO.
 
LARRY IS DRIFTING ERRATICALLY SOUTHWESTWARD.  AN ERRATIC SOUTHWARD
DRIFT IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HR.  THIS MOTION WILL
GRADUALLY BRING THE CENTER CLOSER TO THE COAST OF MEXICO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM
FROM THE CENTER.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COULD BEGIN SPREADING
ONSHORE IN THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE IN AREAS OF
ONSHORE FLOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA TODAY...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE
AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH LARRY SHOULD SPREAD ONSHORE OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...20.0 N... 94.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING ERRATICALLY SOUTHWESTWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 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 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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