000 WTNT32 KNHC 022352 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LARRY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 7 PM CDT THU OCT 02 2003 ...LARRY DRIFTING SLOWLY... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FROM VERACRUZ TO CAMPECHE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN 36 HR. AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.0 WEST OR ABOUT 170 MILES ...270 KM...NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO. LARRY IS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE SOUTH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM FROM THE CENTER. REPORTS FROM THE HURRICANE HUNTER INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CLOSE TO THE MEXICAN COAST SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER...AND THESE WINDS COULD SPREAD ONSHORE IN THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER IS 994MB...29.35AAA INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE ALONG THE COAST OF BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES. THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED WHEREVER THE WINDS ARE BLOWING ONSHORE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES. REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...20.5 N... 94.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...DRIFTING SOUTH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 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 PM CDT. FORECASTER LAWRENCE