ZCZC MIATCPEP4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CELIA INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 2A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 PM PDT FRI JUL 17 1998 ...CELIA MIGHT BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BAJA CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA SOUTH OF LA PAZ AT 8 PM PDT TONIGHT... AT 5 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.0 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES...405 KM...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. CELIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL PASS WITHIN ABOUT 125 MILES...200 KM...OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA ON SATURDAY AND THIS COULD BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CLOSE TO LAND. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 55 MPH...80 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES ...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 PM PDT POSITION...19.7 N...108.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 55 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM PDT. LAWRENCE NNNN