ZCZC MIATCPEP4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 AM PDT THU OCT 15 1998 ...RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT DEVELOPING FOR SOUTHERN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA... AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENTS OF GUATEMALA AND MEXICO HAVE ISSUED TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS THAT COVER THE AREA FROM SIPACATE GUATEMALA TO PUERTO ARISTA MEXICO. ALSO AT 8 AM PDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM WEST OF PUERTO ARISTA TO PUERTO ANGEL. AT 8 AM PDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.1 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES...240 KM...SOUTH OF TAPACHULA MEXICO. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH ... 9 KM/HR. A NORTHWEST OR NORTH-NORTHWEST MOTION AT THIS SPEED IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL BE GRADUALLY APPROACHING COASTAL AREAS UNDER WARNINGS AND WATCHES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE COAST DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...12.7 N... 92.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD ...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 PM PDT. RAPPAPORT NNNN