31 Jul 2015 / Mexico, all ports

Tropical Storm Dolly heading toward Mexican coast

At 700am CDT (1200 UTC) the center of Tropical Storm Dolly was located near Latitude 23.0 North, Longitude 95.7 West. Dolly is moving toward the west-northwest near 13mph (20 km/h) and this general motion should continue today and tonight. On the forecast track, the center of Dolly will approach the coast of Mexico within the warning area by tonight and move inland by Wednesday morning. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts. Some additional strengthening is possible until Dolly makes landfall. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles (185km) mainly northeast through southeast of the center... ...Dolly is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 3-6 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 10 inches across Southern Tamaulipas, Northern Veracruz and Eastern San Luis Potosi Mexico through Wednesday evening. This rainfall could cause life-threatening flash floods and mud slides in areas of mountainous terrain... ...Tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area by tonight. (For information about operations in Mexico, contact GAC-Tomas Ruiz at [email protected]. For information about the Americas in general, contact the GAC Hub Agency Center in Houston at [email protected]) Source: National Hurricane Center, Miami Fl, Tropical Storm Dolly Intermediate Advisory No.3a issued at 700am CDT on 2 September 2014

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