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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN-E ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT SUN AUG 13 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
MEXICO...FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM... 
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM LAZARO
CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES...
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF THE NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.0
WEST OR ABOUT 110 MILES...180 KM...SOUTH OF MAZANILLO MEXICO. 
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM
TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY. 

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPRESSION ARE ALREADY AFFECTING
PORTION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO AND COULD PRODUCE LIFE
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. 
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...17.4 N...104.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.  
 
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 AVILA
 
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