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CLAUDETTE MOVING WESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH (See the NOAA National Hurricane Center for the latest information on this storm. Complete advisories are posted at 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. All times are Eastern. Advisories are posted more frequently as the storm nears the USA mainland.) July 12, 2003 � The NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., reports that at 11 p.m. EDT the center of Tropical Storm Claudette was located near latitude 25.1 north, longitude 91.9 west or about 345 miles east of Brownsville, Texas. Claudette is moving toward the west near 8 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Tropical Storm Claudette taken at 10:45 p.m. EDT on July 12, 2003. Please credit “NOAA.”)
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 24 hours. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles to the northeast of the center.
Latest minimum central pressure reported by an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance plane was 1005 mb, 29.68 inches. (Click NOAA tracking map for larger view of Tropical Storm Claudette.) A tropical storm watch may be required for portions of the coast of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico early Sunday. Coastal interests in the western Gulf of Mexico should monitor the progress of Claudette.
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