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HURRICANE BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  19A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
6 AM CDT MON AUG 23 1999

...BRET WOBBLES NORTHWESTWARD WHILE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM
BROWNSVILLE TO PORT ARANSAS. THESE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED
LATER THIS MORNING.
 
AT 6 AM CDT...1100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  98.3 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES...50
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALICE TEXAS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 60 MILES...
100 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.
 
BRET HAS MOVED NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...8 KM/HR...FOR THE PAST FEW
HOURS. A SLOW WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH...130
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS AS BRET REMAINS OVER LAND.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 105 MILES...165 KM...MAINLY OVER THE WATER EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  975 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE IN PORTIONS
OF TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO. REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR INFORMATION ON FLOOD WATCHES
AND WARNINGS.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING AND WAVES ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL DECREASE
TODAY.
 
THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS
TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 6 AM CDT POSITION...27.2 N... 98.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 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.
 
BEVEN
 
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