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Tropical Storm DORA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM DORA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT MON JUL 04 2005
 
...FOURTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS JUST WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
ACAPULCO...

AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS EXTENDED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM ZIHUATANEJO WESTWARD TO PUNTA SAN
TELMO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO WESTWARD TO PUNTA
SAN TELMO.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM
PUNTA SAN TELMO WESTWARD TO MANZANILLO.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 100.6 WEST OR ABOUT 45
MILES... 75 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO AND ALSO ABOUT
105 MILES... 170 KM... SOUTHEAST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL MOVE NEAR OR ALONG THE COAST
OF MEXICO IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.
 
NEARBY SHIP REPORTS INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED
NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES
... 55 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO TO PUNTA SAN TELMO...
WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...16.9 N...100.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
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 ROBERTS/PASCH
 
 
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