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Tropical Depression CLAUDETTE Advisory Number 35
 
Issued 09:00Z Jul 17, 2003
 
Advisory Selection
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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 35 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 AM CDT THUR JUL 17 2003

...CLAUDETTE CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...LOW PRESSURE CENTER OF
REMNANTS MIGRATE WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER...

CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH
CLAUDETTE FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS HAVE EXPIRED. RIVER STATEMENTS HAVE
BEEN ISSUED FOR...EAST MUSTANG CREEK...SAN BERNARD
RIVER...GUADALUPE RIVER...SAN ANTONIO RIVER.

AT 4 AM CDT...09Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED AT
30.7 LATITUDE NORTH...106.2 LONGITUDE WEST...ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH
OF EL PASO...TEXAS.

CLAUDETTE HAS BEEN MOVING WEST NORTHWESTWARD AT APPROXIMATELY  
20 MPH OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS AND IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS
TRACK OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH. GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 30 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED ALONG CLAUDETTES PATH AT
GUADALUPE PASS TEXAS... AND HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO OROGRAPHIC
EFFECTS.  THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.88 INCHES...1012 MB.

SELECTED 12 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES 
VALID 06Z (1 AM CDT)

LOCATION                     STORM TOTAL
========                     ===========
TERREL COUNTY APRT TX          1.04                 
MARFA TX                       0.95
FORT STOCTON TX                0.43
GUADALUPE PASS TX              0.17

RADAR DATA WAS UTILIZED TO ASSESS REMOTE REGIONS OF TEXAS.
REFLECTIVITY PATTERNS FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER...HUDSPETH...PECOS... REEVES...AND
TERRELL COUNTIES. 

EXPECT 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES FROM THE
REMNANTS OF CLAUDETTE.                                            
                              
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT...09Z POSITION...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
CLAUDETTE IS CENTERED AT 30.7 LATITUDE NORTH...106.2 LONGITUDE
WEST...MOVING WEST NORTHWESTWARD AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH...MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.88 INCHES OR 1012 MB. 

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER ON CLAUDETTE. REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY
LOCAL WEATHER OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM.

SZATANEK