8/20/99 8AM ...BRET DRIFTING NORTHWESTWARD... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM TAMPICO SOUTHWARD TO COATZACOALCOS.

8/20/99 11AM ...BRET MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD...CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY... AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM LA PESCA SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM VERACRUZ TO COATZACOALCOS.

8/20/99 4PM ...BRET CONTINUING NORTHWARD AND BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED... A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST FROM LA PESCA SOUTHWARD TO VERACRUZ. ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF BRET OVER THE WEEKEND.

8/20/99 10PM... FROM LATEST RECON REPORTS CASI ESTIMATES THAT BRET WILL BE DECLARED A HURRICANE AT THE 11PM UPDATE...

8/20/99 11PM ...BRET IS A HURRICANE... EXPECTED TO BE A STRONG CAT II BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

8/21/99 1PM ...95 MPH HURRICANE BRET THREATENS TX AND NE MEXICO...PREDICTED TO BE A CAT 3 AT 110MPH BY LANDFALL...AT 10 AM .1500Z...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA MEXICO NORTHWARD TO BAFFIN BAY TEXAS. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA SOUTHWARD TO TUXPAN MEXICO...

8/21/99 5PM ...105MPH AND INCREASING... MOVING NNW AT 8...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA MEXICO NORTHWARD TO BAFFIN BAY TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS TEXAS. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA SOUTHWARD TO TUXPAN MEXICO.

...BRET...A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE THREATENING THE COASTS OF TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO...THE HURRICANE HAS RAPIDLY INCREASED IN STRENGTH TODAY AND IS NOW AT 135MPH... MUCH WORSE THAN THE LANDFALL OF FRAN IN 1996 AND NEARING ANDREW IN 1991...AT 10 PM CDT...0300 UTC...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS. HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA MEXICO TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS. AT 10 PM CDT...0300 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM EAST OF PORT OCONNOR TO FREEPORT. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA SOUTHWARD TO TUXPAN MEXICO.

8/22/99 10AM... ...BRET... AT A DANGEROUS 140MPH... A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE... ...ALL PREPARATIONS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION... HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA MEXICO TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM EAST OF PORT OCONNOR TO FREEPORT. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF LA PESCA TO TAMPICO MEXICO...

8/22/99 2PM... ...BRET... AT A DANGEROUS 140MPH... A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE... HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA MEXICO TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM EAST OF PORT OCONNOR TO FREEPORT...

8/22/99 5PM... ...BRET... AT A DANGEROUS 140MPH... A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE... TO COME ONSHORE NEAR BAFFIN BAY TX... HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM LA PESCA MEXICO TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS. AT 4 PM CDT THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH FROM EAST OF PORT OCONNOR TO FREEPORT TEXAS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

8/22/99 10PM ...BRET HAS MADE LANDFALL SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY... NOW AT 120MPH... AND DECREASING... STAY TUNED TO THIS PAGE FOR A POST-STORM WRAP-UP TOMORROW EVENING...

8/23/99 8AM ...BRET DROPPING HEAVY RAINS OVER INLAND TX... A POST STORM WRAP UP WILL BE POSTED THIS EVENING... MEANTIME SEE THE RAW DATA.

8/23/99 11AM ...BRET DROPPING HEAVY RAINS OVER INLAND TX... A POST STORM WRAP UP WILL BE POSTED THIS EVENING... MEANTIME SEE THE RAW DATA.

8/23/99 11AM ...BRET DROPPING HEAVY RAINS OVER INLAND TX... A MERE 40MPH... A POST STORM WRAP UP WILL BE POSTED THIS EVENING... MEANTIME SEE THE RAW DATA.