Hurricane Dolly Advisory 12A

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HURRICANE DOLLY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042008
6:00 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BEGINNING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
COAST...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF TEXAS FROM
BROWNSVILLE TO CORPUS CHRISTI, AND FOR THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF
MEXICO FROM RIO SAN FERNANDO NORTHWARD TO THE BORDER BETWEEN MEXICO
AND THE UNITED STATES. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TO SAN LUIS PASS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM LA
PESCA TO SOUTH OF RIO SAN FERNANDO.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA, INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND
WATCHES AND WARNINGS, PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER
OFFICE.
AT 6:00 AM CDT, 11:00Z, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.8 NORTH, LONGITUDE 96.6 WEST, OR ABOUT 55 MILES, 90 KM EAST OF
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. DOLLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH, 13
KM/HR, AND NORTHWESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION, WITH A SLIGHT
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED, IS EXPECTED TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE
CENTER OF DOLLY WILL BE ALONG THE COAST NEAR THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER AROUND
MIDDAY TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH, 140 KM/HR, WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
DOLLY IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED, AND DOLLY COULD APPROACH CATEGORY TWO
INTENSITY WHEN IT REACHES THE COASTLINE LATER TODAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES, 35 KM FROM THE CENTER,
AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES, 220 KM. AN
AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 972 MB, 28.70 INCHES. DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES, WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS AND NORTH EASTERN MEXICO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THESE RAINS
WILL LIKELY CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS, ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES, CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR
AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
REPEATING THE 6:00 AM CDT POSITION, 25.8 N, 96.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD,
NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS, 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE, 972 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8:00 AM CDT, FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT
10:00
AM CDT.