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TROPICAL STORM DALILA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT SUN JUL 22 2001
 
...DALILA NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF ACAPULCO TO
PUNTA SAN TELMO.  A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF
ACAPULCO TO MANZANILLO.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DALILA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 101.3 WEST OR ABOUT 145
MILES...230 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.

DALILA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH ...24
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
OFFSHORE.  HOWEVER...A SMALL NORTHWARD DEVIATION OF THE TRACK COULD 
BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE COAST. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DALILA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH DALILA ARE CURRENTLY
OFFSHORE...A DEVIATION FROM THE CURRENT TRACK COULD BRING THESE
RAINS INLAND OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA AND INCREASE THE
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...15.3 N...101.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 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 PASCH
 
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