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Tropical Storm EMILIA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM EMILIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  18A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP062006
500 PM PDT TUE JUL 25 2006
 
...EMILIA GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT EDGES CLOSER TO
THE SOUTHWESTERN BAJA PENINSULA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM BUENAVISTA TO BAHIA MAGDALENA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EMILIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 111.4 WEST OR ABOUT 95
MILES...155 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
EMILIA IS MOVING BETWEEN NORTH-NORTHWEST AND NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20
KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. WHILE THIS MOTION SHOULD KEEP THE CENTER OF EMILIA
OFFSHORE...THE STORM WILL LIKELY COME CLOSE ENOUGH TO CAUSE
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  EMILIA IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN IN 12 TO 18 HOURS
AFTER IT MOVES OVER COOLER WATER.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
EMILIA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BAJA CALIFORNIA WITH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.  OUTER BANDS ARE ALREADY AFFECTING
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM PDT POSITION...22.5 N...111.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER STEWART
 
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