Tropical Storm BARBARA

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TROPICAL STORM BARBARA ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022007
200 AM PDT SAT JUN 02 2007
 
...BARBARA VERY NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SIPACATE GUATEMALA
WESTWARD TO BARRA DE TONALA MEXICO.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM BARRA DE TONALA WESTWARD TO SALINA CRUZ.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARBARA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.7 WEST OR ABOUT 210
MILES...335 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SALINA CRUZ MEXICO.  THIS POSITION IS
ABOUT 30 MILES...50 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE COASTLINE AT THE
BORDER BETWEEN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA.
 
BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL BARBARA MAKES
LANDFALL NEAR THE MEXICO/GUATEMALA BORDER LATER THIS MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE CENTER
MAKES LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO
10 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA...WITH
POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...14.4 N...92.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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