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TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT MON AUG 23 1999
 
...BRET PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS...

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST
FROM BROWNSVILLE TO PORT ARANSAS.  THESE WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
LOWERED THIS AFTERNOON.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  98.6 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES...
72 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ALICE TEXAS.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  45 MPH... 75
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AS THE
STORM MOVES FURTHER INLAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF NEAR 10 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM A FEW
LOCATIONS IN SOUTH TEXAS.  ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THIS SLOW-MOVING STORM.  FOR ADDITONAL
INFORMATION ON FLOODING...CONSULT STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...27.4 N... 98.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM
CDT.
 
LAWRENCE
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
  
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