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Tropical Storm ANDRES (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ANDRES ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022009
800 PM PDT TUE JUN 23 2009
 
...ANDRES WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...

AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
COAST OF MEXICO HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
FROM MANZANILLO TO CABO CORRIENTES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO AND THE
SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ANDRES.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANDRES WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.0 WEST OR ABOUT 110
MILES...180 KM...WEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 90 MILES...150
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.
 
ANDRES IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED
BY A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE DECREASED TO 70 MPH...
110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITINONAL WEAKENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER. MANZANILLO MEXICO RECENTLY REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH...64 KM/HR.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
ANDRES IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO...WITH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVEL...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...19.1N 106.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 305 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/BEVEN
 
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