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WTNT34 KNHC 241440
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM DOLLY ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL042008
1000 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
 
...DOLLY DUMPING HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND... 

AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM
BROWNSVILLE TO PORT ARANSAS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 1000 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.3 WEST...VERY NEAR
LAREDO TEXAS.
 
DOLLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL DISSIPATION IN A DAY
OR SO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER. THE WEATHER STATION AT HEBBRONVILLE RECENTLY
REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 38 MPH...62 KM/HR...WITH A PEAK GUST OF
52 MPH...84 KM/HR. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.

DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES...OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN MEXICO.  THESE RAINS ARE VERY LIKELY TO
CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 1000 AM CDT POSITION...27.5 N...99.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 100 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 400
PM CDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA