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ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 4 PM CDT SUN SEP 05 1999 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN FORMS IN THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO... AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE GULF COAST FROM TAMPICO TO MATAMOROS. AT 4 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 96.7 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES...130 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHWEST...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND THE DEPRESSION MAY BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON MONDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...MAY OCCUR IN THE WARNING AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...21.8 N... 96.7 W. MOVEMENT... DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHWEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT. BEVEN STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. NNNN