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TROPICAL DEPRESSION KENNA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT FRI OCT 25 2002

...KENNA RAPIDLY WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER NORTH CENTRAL 
MEXICO...
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION KENNA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.7 WEST OR ABOUT
125 MILES...200 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SALTILLO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH
...43 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  35 MPH... 55 
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 AND DISSIPATE 
LATER TONIGHT.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN
MEXICO IN ASSOCIATION WITH KENNA.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE 
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.  MOISTURE FROM KENNA 
IS SPREADING OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GULF COAST STATES AND
WILL AID HEAVY RAINFALL IN THAT REGION.  
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...24.5 N...102.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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