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HURRICANE BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  18B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM CDT MON AUG 23 1999

...BRET CONTINUES WEST ACROSS KENEDY COUNTY TEXAS... 

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TO 
PORT ARANSAS TEXAS.

AT 2 AM CDT...0700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BRET WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  98.0 WEST.  THIS POSITION 
ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI...AND 85 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.

BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  6 MPH...10 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 90 MPH...145 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AS BRET MOVES FARTHER INLAND.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 90 MILES...145 KM...MAINLY OVER WATER EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 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. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS
ESTIMATE THAT MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF
KENEDY COUNTY. REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICES FOR INFORMATION ON FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING AND WAVES ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL DECREASE
TODAY.
 
THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS
TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM CDT POSITION...27.0 N... 98.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 AM CDT.
 
BEVEN
 
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