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TROPICAL STORM DALILA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM PDT SUN JUL 22 2001
 
...DALILA CONTINUES TO MOVE PARALLEL TO THE COAST OF MEXICO...

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 5 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DALILA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 103.3 WEST OR ABOUT
150 MILES...240 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.

DALILA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH ...26
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE STORM AND ANY TROPICAL STORM 
FORCE WINDS WOULD REMAIN OFFSHORE.  IF THIS GENERAL MOTION AWAY FROM 
LAND CONTINUES...THEN WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE DISCONTINUED LATER 
TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DALILA STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HURRICANE DURING 
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

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 MAINLY
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 5 PM PDT POSITION...16.3 N...103.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM PDT.

FORECASTER STEWART
 
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