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Tropical Storm LARRY (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LARRY ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT SAT OCT 04 2003

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
ALONG THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM VERACRUZ TO CIUDAD DEL CARMEN.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  93.5 WEST OR ABOUT 70
MILES...115 KM...NORTHEAST OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO.  THIS POSITION
IS ALSO ABOUT 15 MILES...24 KM...NORTH OF THE MEXICAN COAST.
 
LARRY IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST NEAR  3 MPH... 6 KM/HR
...AND A MOSTLY SOUTHWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE LARRY INLAND ON
SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE WAVES IS ESTIMATED TO BE OCCURRING AT THIS
TIME.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD AND
MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...18.5 N... 93.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 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 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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