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TROPICAL STORM BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1999
 
...TROPICAL STORM BRET NEARLY STATIONARY AND BECOMING BETTER
ORGANIZED...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM
TAMPICO SOUTHWARD TO COATZACOALCOS.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.7 WEST OR ABOUT 260
MILES...420 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO. 
 
BRET IS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...AND SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT HAS JUST REPORTED
THAT THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS FALLEN AND IS NOW 1000 MB...
29.53 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF
THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...19.9 N...94.7 W.  MOVEMENT...
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM CDT.
 
FRANKLIN
 
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