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ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 1999 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN FORMS IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO... TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN GULF COAST LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. AT 5 AM CDT...1000Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.0 WEST OR ABOUT 385 MILES...620 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM CDT POSITION...24.9 N... 88.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM CDT. BEVEN STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC. NNNN