TS WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY.........

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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LARRY ADVISORY NUMBER 4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT THU OCT 02 2003

...LARRY POORLY ORGANIZED AND NEARLY STATIONARY...

INTERESTS THROUGHOUT THE GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF LARRY. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED ALONG PORTIONS OF
THE GULF COAST OF MEXICO LATER TODAY.

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
LARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 300 MILES...480 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.

LARRY IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND LITTLE MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. SOME CHANGES IN POSITION MAY OCCUR DUE TO
REFORMATION OF THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

REPORTS FROM OIL RIGS IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE INDICATE TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM FROM THE
CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

LARRY COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF THE ADJACENT COAST
OF MEXICO...AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE
OIL RIGS LOCATED IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...21.0 N... 93.5 W. MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1003 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 PM CDT.

FORECASTER BEVEN