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TROPICAL STORM EARL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  14A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL052016
700 PM CDT FRI AUG 05 2016

...EARL APPROACHING THE EASTERN COAST OF MEXICO...
...TORRENTIAL RAINS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES...


SUMMARY OF 700 PM CDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...18.8N 95.6W
ABOUT 15 MI...25 KM E OF ALVARADO MEXICO
ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM SE OF VERACRUZ MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...16 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB...29.50 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Puerto Dos Bocas westward to Tecolutla, Mexico.

For storm information specific to your area, please monitor
products issued by your national meteorological service.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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At 700 PM CDT (0000 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Earl was
located near latitude 18.8 North, longitude 95.6 West. Earl is
moving toward the west near 10 mph (16 km/h), and this general
motion is expected to continue during the next day or so. On the
forecast track, Earl will move inland into the Mexican state of
Veracruz within the next few hours.

Maximum sustained winds remain near 60 mph (95 km/h) with higher
gusts.  Little change in strength is forecast before landfall.
After landfall occurs, rapid weakening of Earl's peak winds is
expected.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles (205 km)
from the center.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 999 mb (29.50 inches).


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND:  Tropical storm conditions will spread westward across the
warning area this evening and early Saturday morning.

RAINFALL:  Earl is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations
of 8 to 12 inches over portions of the Mexican states of Chiapas,
Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, and Veracruz through Saturday morning with
possible isolated maximum amounts of 18 inches.  These rains could
result in life- threatening flash floods and mudslides.


NEXT ADVISORY
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Next complete advisory at 1000 PM CDT.

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Forecaster Stewart

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