Hurricane HENRIETTE

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HURRICANE HENRIETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  24A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112007
1100 AM PDT WED SEP 05 2007
 
...HENRIETTE NEARING THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO...

AT 1100 AM PDT...1800 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE
BAJA PENINSULA SOUTH OF SAN EVARISTO.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SAN EVARISTO TO MULEGE.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST OF MAINLAND
MEXICO FROM TOPOLOBAMPO NORTHWARD TO BAHIA KINO.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM SOUTH OF TOPOLOBAMPO TO ALTATA.
 
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 HURRICANE HENRIETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 110.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85
MILES...140 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF LORETO MEXICO AND ABOUT 90
MILES...145 KM...NORTHWEST OF LOS MOCHIS MEXICO.
 
HENRIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
A TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO
REACH THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA
THIS AFTERNOON.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  HENRIETTE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED UNTIL
LANDFALL. WEAKENING IS FORECAST ONCE HENRIETTE MOVES INLAND OVER
MAINLAND MEXICO LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125
MILES...205 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4
TO 8 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO...WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND
MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM PDT POSITION...26.6 N...110.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME
 
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