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TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1999
 
...TROPICAL STORM BRET FORMS IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE...WARNINGS
ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MEXICAN COAST...

AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING FROM TAMPICO SOUTHWARD TO COATZACOALCOS.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.7 WEST OR ABOUT 260
MILES...420 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 110
MILES...175 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO.
 
BRET IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 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.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF
THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...19.9 N...94.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING NORTHWEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM
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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