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Tropical Depression CLAUDETTE Advisory Number 34
 
Issued 03:00Z Jul 17, 2003
 
Advisory Selection
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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 34 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE TRACKING ADJACENT TO THE RIO
GRANDE RIVER BASIN...SUSTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL AND CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SOUTHWEST
TEXAS HAVE BEEN ISSUED...INCLUDING TERRELL...BREWSTER...AND VAL
VERDE COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SERRANIS DEL BURRO
MOUNTAINS HAS LED TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INUNDATING ROADS AND
PASTURELAND. RIVER STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EAST
MUSTANG CREEK AND THE SAN BERNARD RIVER.

AT 10 PM CDT...03Z...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE IS CENTERED AT
30.2 LATITUDE NORTH...104.3 LONGITUDE WEST...ABOUT 160 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF EL PASO...TEXAS.

CLAUDETTE HAS BEEN MOVING WEST NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH
OVER
THE PAST SIX HOURS AND IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS TRACK OVER
THE NEXT 12 HOURS. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 25 MPH WHICH ARE PROXIMALLY LOCATED
TO THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION... WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH. THE MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 29.82 INCHES...1010 MB.

SELECTED 6 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES 
VALID 00Z (7 PM CDT)

LOCATION                     STORM TOTAL
========                     ===========
                 
FORT STOCTON TX                0.35
MARFA TX                       0.30
GUADALUPE PASS TX              0.16

HOWEVER GIVEN THE SPACING BETWEEN THE WEATHER OBSERVING STATIONS
... REPORTS MAY UNDER REPRESENT THE POTENTIAL OF CLAUDETTE. 

EXPECT 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR THE
CIRCULATION CENTER OF CLAUDETTE.                                  
                                        
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT...03Z POSITION...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
CLAUDETTE IS CENTERED AT 30.2 LATITUDE NORTH...104.3 LONGITUDE
WEST...MOVING WEST NORTHWESTWARD AT 15 MPH...MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
IS 29.82 INCHES OR 1010 MB. 

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

SZATANEK