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TROPICAL STORM ILEANA ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT TUE AUG 15 2000

...ILEANA JUST SOUTH OF BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM LA PAZ AROUND THE PENINSULA TO TODOS LOS
SANTOS...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF 25N LATITUDE.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ILEANA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 110.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 50 MILES...80 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO. 
 
ILEANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST AWAY FROM LAND.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
ILEANA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 100 MILES
...160 KM...FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HURRICANE 
WARNING AREA.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
  
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...22.2 N...110.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
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 STEWART
 
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