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TROPICAL STORM CARLOTTA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT MON JUN 19 2000
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM
PUERTO ANGEL TO ZIHUATANEJO. THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING EAST OF PUERTO ANGEL.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CARLOTTA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  99.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 195 MILES...310 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO.
 
CARLOTTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...
26 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
CARLOTTA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES
...205 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.

THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF CARLOTTA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THAT COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...14.4 N... 99.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 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 5 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 8 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART/LAWRENCE
 
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