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Tropical Depression ONE-E (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   1...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     EP012010
500 AM PDT SAT MAY 29 2010

CORRECTED TO ADD 48-HOUR OUTLOOK MOTION AND TO ADD TROPICAL STORM 
WARNING FOR EL SALVADOR

...FIRST TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON
FORMS OFF THE COAST OF GUATEMALA...
...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...
GUATEMALA...AND EL SALVADOR...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM PDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...12.9N 93.5W
ABOUT 490 MI...785 KM...W OF MANAGUA NICARAGUA
ABOUT 295 MI...475 KM...W OF SAN SALVADOR EL SALVADOR
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 65 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
AT 5 AM PDT THE GOVERNMENTS OF GUATEMALA...MEXICO...AND EL SALVADOR
HAVE ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE PACIFIC COASTS OF
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...ALL OF GUATEMALA...AND ALL OF EL
SALVADOR FROM BOCA DE PIJIJIAPAN MEXICO SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE EL
SALVADOR-HONDURAS BORDER.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE PACIFIC COASTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO...ALL OF
GUATEMALA...AND ALL OF EL SALVADOR FROM BOCA DE PIJIJIAPAN MEXICO
SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE EL SALVADOR-HONDURAS BORDER.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 AM PDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL
DEPRESSION ONE-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE
93.5 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR
5 MPH...7 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 36 TO
48 HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE PACIFIC
COASTS OF GUATEMALA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO BY LATE THIS
EVENING...MAKING OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS.

RAINFALL...THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
MEXICO...GUATEMALA...AND MUCH OF EL SALVADOR...WITH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER STEWART/KIMBERLAIN
 
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