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

...CORRECTED FOR MISSPELLING OF BRET IN THE HEADLINE...

...BRET GRADUALLY WEAKENING BUT BECOMING MAJOR FLOOD THREAT...
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900 UTC...HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE CHANGED TO TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM BROWNSVILLE TO PORT
ARANSAS. THESE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED LATER THIS MORNING.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  98.2 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES...100
KM...SOUTHWEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 95
MILES...155 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS AS BRET REMAINS OVER LAND. A WIND GUST OF 80 MPH WAS
REPORTED IN FALFURRIAS TEXAS DURING THE LAST HOUR.
 
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  970 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 4 AM CDT POSITION...27.1 N... 98.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 6 AM CDT AND 8 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 10 AM 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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