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TROPICAL STORM NORMAN ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT WED SEP 20 2000
 
...TROPICAL STORM NORMAN NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
MEXICO...TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUE...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST
OF MEXICO FROM ZIHUATANEJO TO MANZANILLO.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORMAN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.0 WEST
OR NEAR THE MEXICAN COAST ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST
OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
NORMAN IS DRIFTING NORTHWARD...AND GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD CARRY THE CENTER
OF NORMAN INLAND OVER SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE
CENTER MOVES INLAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  80 MILES
...130 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF NORMAN...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF 8 TO
12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE
LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...AND ALSO FARTHER NORTH
AND SOUTH ALONG THE COAST AND WELL INLAND.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...18.2 N...103.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING NORTHWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 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 5 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 PM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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