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HURRICANE BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  12A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT SAT AUG 21 1999
CORRECTION 1500Z SHOULD BE 1800Z IN LOCATION PARAGRAPH

...HURRICANE BRET THREATENS SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXCO...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA MEXICO NORTHWARD
TO BAFFIN BAY TEXAS.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LA
PESCA SOUTHWARD TO TUXPAN MEXICO.

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE TEXAS COAST SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS HURRICANE.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  95.0 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES...340
KM...SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  95 MPH...155 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
TODAY AND SUNDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 125 MILES...205 KM.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED FROM A US AIR FORCE
RESERVE AIRCRAFT IS 976 MB...28.82 INCHES.
 
OUTER RAIN BANDS MAY MOVE INLAND IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  THESE BANDS COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
...ESPECIALLY IN MOUTAINOUS AREAS.
 
ONSHORE WINDS NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE
COAST ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE STORM SURGE COASTAL FLOODING OF 8 TO 12
FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES.
  
REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...23.8 N... 95.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
95 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 976 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM CDT.
 
LAWRENCE
  
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