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Tropical Depression CLAUDETTE Advisory Number 31
 
Issued 09:00Z Jul 16, 2003
 
Advisory Selection
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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 31 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE CONTINUES TO EMASCULATE WHILE
TRACKING WESTWARD...IN ITS WAKE LEAVING...FLOODED PASTURELAND...
DAMAGED CROPS.   

CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE TRES PALACIOS...FRIO...ATASCOSA...MISSION...NUECES...AND
ARANSAS  RIVERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...ATASCOSA...BEXAR...DEWITT...DIMMIT...FRIO...GONZALES..
.GUADALUPE...KARNES...KINNEY...LAVACA...MAVERICK...MEDINA...
UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILSON AND ZAVALA.  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR NUMEROUS COUNTIES INCLUDING...ATASCOSA...
FRIO...KARNES...MATAGORGA...WILSON COUNTIES. 

AT 4 AM CDT...09Z...THE SURFACE LOW IS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 28.6
NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.9 WEST...45 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF COTULLA
TEXAS.

CLAUDETTE IS MOVING WESTWARD AT 15 MPH AND THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED
TO PROGRESS AT THAT PACE FOR THE ENSUING 12 TO 24 HOUR PERIOD. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 30 MPH NEAR THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION
WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS
29.53 INCHES...1000 MB.

SELECTED 6 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES 
VALID 06Z (1 AM CDT)

LOCATION                     STORM TOTAL
========                     ===========

NAS CORPUS CRISTI TX            1.43
RANDOLF AFB TX                  0.94
HONDO TX                        0.93
COTULLA TX                      0.83
KELLY AFB TX                    0.64 
SAN ANTONIO/STINSON TX          0.62
SAN ANTONIO INTL TX             0.52
NEW BRAUNFELS AIRPORT TX        0.41
ALICE INTL TX                   0.34

HOWEVER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT GREATER THAN 5 INCHES HAS
FALLEN IN REGIONS OF TEXAS ALONG AND NEAR THE PATH OF CLAUDETTE.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN STILL BE EXPECTED TO
ACCUMULATE OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS ALONG THE UPPER AND MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE BASIN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT...09Z...THE SURFACE LOW OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE 28.6
NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.9 WEST...MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 15
MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
35 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.53 INCHES OR 1000 MB. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE WILL BE ISSUED
AT 10AM CDT.

SZATANEK