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Tropical Storm LARRY (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM LARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  15A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT SUN OCT 05 2003
 
...LARRY REMAINS STALLED NEAR THE MEXICAN COAST...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
ALONG THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM VERACRUZ TO CIUDAD DEL CARMEN.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.5 WEST OR ABOUT 70
MILES...110 KM...NORTHEAST OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO.  THE CENTER OF
LARRY IS LOCATED WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE COASTLINE.
 
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 INLAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM TO
THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 996 MB...29.41
INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE WAVES...IS LIKELY OCCURRING AT THIS
TIME NEAR AND TO THE WEST OF THE CENTER OF LARRY.
 
HEAVY RAINS...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...ARE LIKELY OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD AND MUDSLIDES.
  
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...18.4 N... 93.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...STATIONARY.  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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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