PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 32 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE IS MOVING ALONG A WEST
NORTHWESTWARD TRACK...BRINGING MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TO PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. FLASH
FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...GALVESTON...
HARRIS...JACKSON...MATAGORDA...WALLER...AND WHARTON. RIVER FLOOD
WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE
ARANSAS...ATASCOSA...COPANO...FRIO...MISSION...SAN ANTONIO...AND
NUECES RIVERS...AND THE GUADALUPE RIVER AT DUPONT. THIS INCLUDES
THE COPANO...SAN MIGUEL...AND CARCITAS CREEKS. A HIGH WIND
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL
NOON CDT.

AT 10 AM CDT...15Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE IS CENTERED AT
29.2 LATITUDE NORTH...101.5 LONGITUDE WEST...ABOUT 45 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF DEL RIO...TEXAS.

CLAUDETTE IS MOVING WEST NORTHWESTWARD AT 25 MPH AND IS EXPECTED
TO MAINTAIN THIS TRACK OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 MPH NEAR THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION
WITH GUSTS OF 37 MPH. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.65
INCHES...1004 MB.

SELECTED 6 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES 
VALID 12Z (7 AM CDT)

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

COTULLA                        1.45
KELLY AFB                      0.48
HOUSTON/HULL FIELD             0.44
DEL RIO                        0.31
ROCKPORT                       0.24                       


EXPECT 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE TRACK
OF CLAUDETTE.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT...15Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE IS
CENTERED AT 29.2 LATITUDE NORTH...101.5 LONGITUDE WEST...MOVING
WEST NORTHWESTWARD AT 25 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS OF 37 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.65 INCHES
OR 1004 MB. 

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE WILL BE ISSUED
AT 4 PM CDT.

BELL