ZCZC MIATCPEP4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LESTER ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 PM PDT THU OCT 15 1998 ...TROPICAL STORM LESTER FORMS OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO... ...FLOOD THREAT FOR SOUTHERN MEXICO... AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH FROM PUERTO ARISTA TO PUNTA MALDONALDO. HURRICANE WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA FRIDAY. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF PUNTA MALDONALDO MEXICO TO SIPICATE GUATEMALA IN ADDITION...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO IS ADVISING INTERESTS FROM PUNTA MALDONALDO TO ZIHUATANEJO TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LESTER WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.3 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES...205 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TAPACHULA MEXICO. LESTER IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH ...11 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF LESTER WILL BE GRADUALLY APPROACHING THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE AND WHEN THEY SPREAD INLAND THEY COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...13.2 N... 93.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 AM PDT...FRIDAY. GUINEY NNNN