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#28889 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:36 PM 28.Jun.2005) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BRET INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 7 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...SECOND TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS NEAR THE COAST OF MEXICO... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM VERACRUZ TO TAMPICO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO HAS STRENGTHENED AND IS NOW TROPICAL STORM BRET. IN ONLY TWELVE PREVIOUS YEARS SINCE 1851...MOST RECENTLY IN 1986...HAVE TWO OR MORE TROPICAL STORMS FORMED IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BRET WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 95.8 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES... 90 KM... NORTH-NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO AND ABOUT 130 MILES... 210 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO. BRET IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH ...8 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND WITHIN THE WARNING AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CENTER MOVES INLAND. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN...ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPRESSION. REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...19.9 N... 95.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 PM CDT. FORECASTER FRANKLIN |