ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LARRY ADVISORY NUMBER 15 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 4 AM CDT SUN OCT 05 2003 ...SMALL BUT TENACIOUS LARRY STILL OFFSHORE... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM VERACRUZ TO CIUDAD DEL CARMEN. AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS LOCATED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 18.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.5 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES...110 KM...NORTHEAST OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO. THIS POSITION IS ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES...20 TO 25 KM FROM THE COAST. LARRY HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/HR TODAY. THIS WOULD BRING THE CENTER OF LARRY INLAND LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY OVER WATER IN A SMALL AREA TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. LARRY SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 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 4 AM CDT POSITION...18.4 N... 93.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR 2 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 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT. FORECASTER AVILA NNNN
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