Hurricane IGNACIO

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HURRICANE IGNACIO ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT SUN AUG 24 2003

...CENTER OF HURRICANE IGNACIO VERY NEAR EXTREME SOUTHEAST COAST OF
BAJA CALIFORNIA...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA FROM SOUTH OF SAN EVARISTO ON THE EAST COAST AND SOUTH OF
BAHIA MAGDALENA ON THE WEST COAST.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FROM LORETO TO SAN EVARISTO AND FROM PUERTO SAN ANDRESITO TO
BAHIA MAGDALENA.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM ALTATA
TO TOPOLOBAMPO AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH NORTH OF TOPOLOBAMPO TO
HUATABAMPITO.
 
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD
BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IGNACIO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 109.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85
MILES...135 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LA PAZ IN SOUTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA.

IGNACIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  5 MPH... 7 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER SHOULD MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHEAST
COAST OF SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 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 AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNING AREA.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER REACHES THE
COAST. 
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...23.7 N...109.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 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 5 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH/ROBERTS
 
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