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TROPICAL STORM NORMAN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   3A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM PDT WED SEP 20 2000
 
...TROPICAL STORM NORMAN MEANDERING NEAR THE MEXICAN
COAST...TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUING ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF
MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST
OF MEXICO FROM ZIHUATANEJO TO MANZANILLO.
 
AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORMAN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 85 MILES...135 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
NORMAN IS DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...AND A GENERAL NORTH-
NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY.  THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING
THE CENTER ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  80 MILES
...130 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF NORMAN...HEAVY RAINS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE
LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...AND ALSO FARTHER NORTH
AND SOUTH ALONG THE COAST AND WELL INLAND.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...18.1 N...102.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHEAST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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