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TROPICAL STORM CARLOTTA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT MON JUN 19 2000
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM
PUERTO ANGEL TO ZIHUATANEJO...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT EAST OF PUERTO ANGEL TO SALINA CRUZ.  THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING EAST OF PUERTO ANGEL WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED LATER TODAY.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CARLOTTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  97.3 WEST OR ABOUT 120
MILES...190 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PUERTO ANGEL.
 
CARLOTTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH ...20 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
  
THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF CARLOTTA WILL SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MEXICO TODAY. THESE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
THAT COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
  
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...14.1 N... 97.3 W.  MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITER
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
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.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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