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TROPICAL STORM BRET ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1999

...BRET CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF
TEXAS.  ALL INTERESTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS
SUBSIDE.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  99.1 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES
...45 KM...NORTHEAST OF LAREDO TEXAS.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...AND A
TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  BRET IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
  
RAINFALL TOTALS OF NEAR 10 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM A FEW
LOCATIONS IN SOUTH TEXAS.  ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 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 TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS.
  
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...27.8 N... 99.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.  THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
WILL BEGIN ISSUING STORM SUMMARIES ON THIS SYSTEM AT 6 PM
CDT...2300Z.
 
LAWRENCE
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
  
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