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TROPICAL STORM BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  19B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM CDT MON AUG 23 1999

...BRET CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS OVER SOUTH TEXAS WHILE     
 WEAKENING AND MOVING SLOWLY FURTHER INLAND...
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM
BROWNSVILLE TO PORT ARANSAS. THESE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED
LATER THIS MORNING.
 
AT 8 AM CDT...1300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  98.3 WEST OR ABOUT 40
MILES...65 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALICE TEXAS.

BRET HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...10
KM/HR...FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. A SLOW MOSTLY WESTWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...115
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR WIND ESTIMATES.
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS BRET MOVES FURTHER INLAND.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165
KM...MAINLY OVER THE WATER EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE IN PORTIONS
OF TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO. 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 ARE DECREASING.
 
THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS
TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM CDT POSITION...27.3 N... 98.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.
 
LAWRENCE
 
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