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Tropical Storm LARRY

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TROPICAL STORM LARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT SAT OCT 04 2003

...TO ADD SENTENCE IN THE RAINFALL PARAGRAPH...
 
...LARRY REFUSES TO MOVE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG
THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM TUXPAN TO CAMPECHE.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.0 WEST OR ABOUT 145
MILES...230 KM...EAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO.
 
LARRY HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS BUT A
SOUTHWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY.  THIS MOTION WOULD
BRING LARRY CLOSER TO THE COAST OF MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE ESTIMATED TO
BE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 FEET OF STORM SURGE
CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CENTER WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA AS THE LARRY MOVES ASHORE. 
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH LARRY ARE SPREADING ONSHORE
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...19.4 N... 94.0 W. MOVEMENT...
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 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 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM
CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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