AT 10 PM CDT…0300 UTC…A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM

BROWNSVILLE TO PORT O’CONNOR TEXAS. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT

HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN

THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY

SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

AT 10 PM CDT…A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NORTH

OF PORT O’CONNOR TO SAN LUIS PASS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS

THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA

WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

AT 10 PM CDT…THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE

WARNING FROM RIO SAN FERNANDO NORTHWARD TO THE BORDER BETWEEN

MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES.

AT 10 PM CDT…THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM

WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH FROM LA PESCA TO SOUTH OF RIO SAN

FERNANDO. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA…GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA…INCLUDING POSSIBLE

INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS…PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED

BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1000 PM CDT…0300Z…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH…LONGITUDE 92.8 WEST OR ABOUT 320

MILES…515 KM…EAST OF LA PESCA MEXICO AND ABOUT 435 MILES…695

KM…SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

DOLLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH…28 KM/HR. A TURN TO

THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TOMORROW WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD

SPEED…FOLLOWED BY A TURN TO THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY. ON THIS

TRACK…THE CENTER OF DOLLY SHOULD BE VERY NEAR THE WESTERN COAST

OF THE GULF OF MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH…85 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE PRIOR TO LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES…325 KM

FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB…29.50 INCHES.

DOLLY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8

INCHES…WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES…OVER MUCH OF SOUTH

TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN MEXICO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DOLLY IS

EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE

NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4-6 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.

REPEATING THE 1000 PM CDT POSITION…23.1 N…92.8 W. MOVEMENT

TOWARD…WEST NEAR 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 MPH.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…999 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE

CENTER AT 100 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 400

AM CDT.

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FORECASTER FRANKLIN