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TROPICAL STORM BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 1999

...BRET STRENGTHENING...MOVING LITTLE... 

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM
TAMPICO SOUTHWARD TO COATZACOALCOS.
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 260 MILES...420 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
BRET REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT A SLOW MOTION TO THE NORTHWEST
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED SOME
STRENGTHENING IN THE SYSTEM.  THEREFORE...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE INCREASED TO 55 MPH... 90 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND SOME
ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER...PRIMARILY WEST OF THE CENTER.
 
AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORT THAT THE MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF
THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.  ALL INTERESTS IN THE WESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPING
TROPICAL STORM.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 AM CDT...FRIDAY.
 
JARVINEN
 
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