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ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KATRINA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 PM AST FRI OCT 29 1999

...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE COAST OF NICARAGUA...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF NICARAGUA NORTH OF BLUEFIELDS TO THE NICARAGUA/HONDURAS BORDER.

AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.6 WEST OR ON THE NICARAGUAN COAST ABOUT 25 MILES...40 KM...SOUTHWEST OF PUERTO CABEZAS NICARAGUA.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH...18 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...THE CIRCULATION OF KATRINA WILL BE MOVING INLAND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM ...FROM THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ...ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH KATRINA ACROSS PORTIONS OF NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS. THESE RAINS WILL POSE A SERIOUS THREAT OF FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.

REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...13.8 N... 83.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.

FRANKLIN

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