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TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 1999

...BRET CONTINUES STRENGTHENING...REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM
TAMPICO SOUTHWARD TO COATZACOALCOS.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 260 MILES...420 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
BRET REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT A SLOW MOTION TO THE NORTHWEST
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  999 MB...29.50 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.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...19.9 N... 94.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  0 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM
CDT.
 
JARVINEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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