000 WTNT65 KNHC 151516 TCUAT5 TROPICAL STORM ERIN TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052007 1015 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2007 DATA FROM A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS REACHED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AND IS NOW TROPICAL STORM ERIN. A SPECIAL ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED WITHIN THE HOUR. $$ FORECASTER AVILA