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Hurricane MARTY (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION MARTY ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT WED SEP 24 2003
 
...RAINMAKER MARTY MEANDERS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...

AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MARTY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 113.5 WEST OR ABOUT
35 MILES...60 KM...SOUTH OF PUERTO PENASCO.
 
MARTY HAS BEEN MEANDERING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.  LITTLE
OVERALL MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  MARTY IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARTY OVER PORTIONS OF
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...NORTHEASTERN BAJA PENINSULA...AND
SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND/OR MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...30.8 N...113.5 W.  MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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