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Hurricane IGNACIO (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT TUE AUG 26 2003
 
...IGNACIO WEAKENING BUT STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM LORETO TO LA PAZ...AND FOR THE WEST COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM PUERTO SAN ANDRESITO TO SANTA FE.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IGNACIO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 111.1 WEST OR ABOUT
70 MILES...115 KM...NORTHWEST OF LA PAZ MEXICO.
 
IGNACIO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH ... 6 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA TODAY
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  50 MPH... 85
KM/HR...CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS THE CENTER MOVES OVER
LAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE EAST.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...LOCALLY
HIGHER...ARE STILL LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING AND LARGE WAVES ALONG THE COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.

REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...25.0 N...111.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 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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