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TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1999

...BRET STRENGTHENING...MOVING LITTLE... 

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM
TAMPICO SOUTHWARD TO COATZACOALCOS.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 260 MILES...420 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
BRET HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY THIS EVENING...BUT A SLOW MOTION TO
THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  45 MPH... 75
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENTH
IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER...PRIMARILY WEST OF THE CENTER.
 
AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORT THAT THE MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF
THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.  ALL INTERESTS IN THE WESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEVELOPING
TROPICAL STORM.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM
CDT...FRIDAY.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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