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Hurricane EMILY


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TROPICAL STORM EMILY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  41A... CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

...ADDED MISSING STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE TORNADOES...
 
...EMILY WEAKENING OVER NORTHEASTERN MEXICO BUT HEAVY RAINFALL
CONTINUES...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF
NORTHEASTERN MEXICO FROM SOUTH OF THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER SOUTHWARD
TO LA PESCA MEXICO.  THIS WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED
LATER TONIGHT.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EMILY WAS LOCATED
INLAND OVER NORTHEASTERN MEXICO NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 99.7 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES ... 100 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
OF MONTERREY MEXICO AND ABOUT 120 MILES... 195 KM...SOUTHWEST OF
MCALLEN TEXAS.
 
EMILY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR... AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
TAKING EMILY FARTHER INLAND ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH...80 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND EMILY WILL LIKELY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...225 KM...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF MEXICO
SHOULD CONTINUE GRADUALLY DECREASING OVERNIGHT.
 
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER NORTHEASTERN MEXICO WHERE 5 TO
10 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE LOWER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS THIS EVENING.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...25.0 N... 99.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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