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HURRICANE BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  17B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 1999

...CORRECTION TO LOWER HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR MEXICO...

...POWERFUL HRURRICANE BRET MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTH TEXAS...

HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TO PORT
OCONNOR TEXAS.  TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM
EAST OF PORT OCONNOR TO FREEPORT TEXAS.

AT 8 PM CDT...0100Z... HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR THE COAST OF MEXICO
FROM LA PESCA NORTHWARD ARE DISCONTINUED.

AT 8 PM CDT...0100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  97.5 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS OVER
THE TEXAS COAST ABOUT 70 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE...AND 70 MILES
SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.
 
BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR...
AND A TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.   GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AS BRET MOVES FURTHER INLAND.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  40 MILES... 65 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 125 MILES...205 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  952 MB...28.11 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE IN PORTIONS OF TEXAS
AND NORTHERN MEXICO.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
WITH HIGHER VALUES AT THE HEADS OF BAYS...IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES.

THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOS OVER SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. 
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM CDT POSITION...26.9 N... 97.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
...120 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 952 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 10 PM CDT.
 
GUINEY
 
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