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HURRICANE BRET ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
6 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 1999

...POWERFUL HURRICANE BRET MAKING LANDFALL IN SOUTH TEXAS...

HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA MEXICO TO PORT
OCONNOR TEXAS.  TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM EAST
OF PORT OCONNOR TO FREEPORT TEXAS.

AT 6 PM CDT...2300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  97.3 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS ABOUT
60 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE...AND ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS
CHRISTI.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND A TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.   WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS 
AS BRET MOVES INLAND.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  40 MILES... 65 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 125 MILES...205 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  949 MB...28.02 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
WITH HIGHER VALUES AT THE HEADS OF BAYS....IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA AND WILL BE ACCOMPAINED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES.

THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. 
 
REPEATING THE 6 PM CDT POSITION...26.8 N... 97.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
...125 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 949 MB.
 
THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT.
 
GUINEY
 
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