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WTNT34 KNHC 140237
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER 22
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
...CLAUDETTE BARELY MOVING...A LITTLE STRONGER...
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS GULF COAST FROM PORT OCONNOR TO BROWNSVILLE...AND FOR THE MEXICAN COAST FROM THE TEXAS BORDER SOUTHWARD TO RIO SAN FERNANDO. WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA TOMORROW MORNING.
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 92.3 WEST OR ABOUT 320 MILES...510 KM...EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
CLAUDETTE HAS BEEN MEANDERING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS AND LITTLE MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS. A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO RESUME THEREAFTER.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM PRIMARILY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
SWELLS ARE APPROACHING THE TEXAS COAST AND COULD CREATE DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS.
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...25.7 N... 92.3 W. MOVEMENT NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT.
FORECASTER AVILA