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TROPICAL STORM BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 1999

...BRET DRIFTING NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM
TAMPICO SOUTHWARD TO COATZACOALCOS.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.8 WEST OR ABOUT 235
MILES...380 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
BRET IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED 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.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...20.4 N...94.8 W.  MOVEMENT...
DRIFTING NORTHWEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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