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#41337 (Received by flhurricane at: 1:40 AM 23.Aug.2005) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JOSE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005 ...CENTER OF JOSE MAKES LANDFALL ON THE COAST OF MEXICO...WAS GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED AT LANDFALL... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO FROM VERACRUZ NORTHWARD TO CABO ROJO. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. DATA FROM THE MEXICAN RADAR AT ALVARADO INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF JOSE HAS MADE LANDFALL ON THE EASTERN COAST OF MEXICO. AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 96.8 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES... 95 KM... NORTHWEST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO AND ABOUT 90 MILES... 145 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO. JOSE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH... 14 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK... THE CENTER OF JOSE SHOULD MOVE FARTHER INLAND INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN MEXICO TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. JOSE SHOULD WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND. THE ALVARADO RADAR INDICATED THAT JOSE WAS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED IN THE LAST FEW HOURS BEFORE LANDFALL...AND THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AT LANDFALL MAY HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN 50 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH JOSE. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...19.8 N... 96.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM CDT. FORECASTER BEVEN |