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Hurricane MARTY (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MARTY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  17A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM PDT MON SEP 22 2003
 
...MARTY SLOWS AS IT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE
BAJA PENINSULA FROM BAHIA SAN JUAN BAUTISTA NORTHWARD TO THE MOUTH
OF THE COLORADO RIVER... AND FOR MAINLAND MEXICO FROM HUATABAMPITO
NORTHWARD TO THE MOUTH OF THE COLORADO RIVER.
 
AT 11 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARTY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.3 WEST OR ABOUT
45 MILES...75 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BAHIA KINO MEXICO.
 
MARTY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...AND A
CONTINUED DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARTY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE
NORTHWESTERN COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...105 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM...FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
STILL EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREAS.  STORM SURGE FLOODING
OUTSIDE THE WARNING AREAS SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE LIKELY NEAR THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
SOME OF THE RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH MARTY MAY SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER
THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM PDT POSITION...28.2 N...112.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 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 2 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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