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TROPICAL STORM ILEANA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM PDT MON AUG 14 2000

...ILEANA CONTINUES TOWARD SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM LA PAZ AROUND THE PENINSULA TO TODOS LOS SANTOS...
AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF 25N LATITUDE.
 
AT 11 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ILEANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.3 WEST OR ABOUT 140
MILES...225 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
ILEANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF ILEANA WILL PASS VERY NEAR
TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ILEANA IS LIKELY TO STRENGTHEN INTO A HURRICANE LATER
TONIGHT OR TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
A FEW RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ILEANA ARE STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS
OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA.  THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM PDT POSITION...21.5 N...108.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM PDT TUESDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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