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HURRICANE CARLOTTA SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM PDT MON JUN 19 2000
 
...CARLOTTA STRENGTHENS...BECOMES A HURRICANE...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM
PUERTO ANGEL TO ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
AT 5 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CARLOTTA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  99.2 WEST OR ABOUT 205
MILES...330 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO.
 
CARLOTTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR  75 MPH...
120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 125 MILES...205 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
SOME OUTER RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
MEXICO TONIGHT.  THESE RAINS STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM PDT POSITION...14.2 N... 99.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITER
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
8 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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