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Tropical Storm BARBARA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BARBARA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  12A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022007
1100 AM PDT FRI JUN 01 2007
 
...BARBARA A LITTLE STRONGER...
...OUTER RAINBANDS MOVING ONSHORE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN MEXICO     
   AND GUATEMALA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SIPACATE GUATEMALA WESTWARD
TO BARRA DE TONALA MEXICO.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 1100 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARBARA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.1 WEST OR ABOUT 150
MILES...240 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE GUATEMALA/MEXICO BORDER OR ABOUT
215 MILES...340 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SALINA CRUZ MEXICO.
 
BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...7
KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER 
TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 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 1100 AM PDT POSITION...13.3 N...94.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/AVILA

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