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Tropical Depression NORMAN (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NORMAN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152006
500 AM PDT SUN OCT 15 2006

...NORMAN BRINGING HEAVY RAINS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF
MEXICO FROM LAZARO CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NORMAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 104.9 WEST OR ABOUT 65
MILES...105 KM...SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND
ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL CROSS THE COAST OF MEXICO IN THE
WARNING AREA LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NORMAN IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM
BEFORE REACHING THE COAST.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
NORMAN IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES IN AREAS OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM PDT POSITION...18.3 N..104.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH
 
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