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HURRICANE ADOLPH ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT SUN MAY 27 2001
 
...ADOLPH BECOMES A MAJOR HURRICANE...CATEGORY THREE ON THE 
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED...

AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST
OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO WESTWARD TO LAZARO CARDENAS.  A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS
THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE
NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ADOLPH WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.0 WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES...300
KM...SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.

ADOLPH IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH... 7 
KM/HR...AND A MOTION TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST IS 
EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  40 MILES... 65 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN 
OFFSHORE...OUTER RAINBANDS STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE 
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN OR NEAR MOUNTAINOUS 
AREAS.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...14.1N 100.0W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...120 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 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 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 AM PDT...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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