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HURRICANE KENNA ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT FRI OCT 25 2002
 
...KENNA WEAKENING RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND...

AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL
COASTAL WARNINGS.  MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KENNA WAS LOCATED
INLAND OVER MEXICO NEAR LATITUDE 23.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 50 MILES...80 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF DURANGO.

KENNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH ...39 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED TONIGHT.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY
OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN.  KENNA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
RAPIDLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL MEXICO.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  85 MILES...140 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN
ASSOCIATION WITH KENNA.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...23.0 N...104.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 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 FRANKLIN
 
 
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