ZCZC MIATCPEP2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANK INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 PM PDT SAT AUG 08 1998 ...FRANK NEAR THE COASTLINE OF BAJA CALIFORNIA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM PUNTA TOSCA TO PUNTA EUGENIA. AT 11 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANK WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.4 WEST. THIS POSITION IS VERY NEAR THE COAST ABOUT 25 MILES...40 KM...SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF PUNTA ABREOJOS AND ABOUT 140 MILES...225 KM...SOUTHEAST OF PUNTA EUGENIA ON THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. FRANK IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...21 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL ON THE WESTERN BAJA COASTLINE IN A FEW HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST AFTER LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES ...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AS THE CENTER MOVES INLAND...AND COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. REPEATING THE 11 PM PDT POSITION...26.4 N...113.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT AT 2 AM PDT...SUNDAY. PASCH NNNN