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HURRICANE BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  15A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
6 AM CDT SUN AUG 22 1999

...RAIN BANDS OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE BRET MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
TEXAS COAST...ALL PREPARATIONS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD
BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION...
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA MEXICO TO PORT
OCONNOR TEXAS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE
IN EFFECT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM EAST OF PORT OCONNOR TO
FREEPORT.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF LA PESCA TO TAMPICO
MEXICO.
 
AT 6 AM CDT...1100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  96.0 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-
NORTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...AND A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  BRET IS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE
LIKELY TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 100 MILES...160 KM.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 948 MB...27.99 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH
OF THE HURRICANE.  EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE
SPEED OF MOTION OF THE HURRICANE.
 
ONSHORE WINDS NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE
COAST ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STORM SURGE COASTAL FLOODING OF UP TO
10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH HIGHER
VALUES AT THE HEADS OF BAYS.
 
FOR LOCAL INFORMATION...SEE STATEMENTS BEING ISSUED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN YOUR AREA.
 
REPEATING THE 6 AM CDT POSITION...26.2 N... 96.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 948 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM
CDT.

PASCH
 
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