ZCZC MIATCPEP5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE MADELINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 PM PDT SAT OCT 17 1998 ...MADELINE CREEPING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MELAQUE TO MAZATLAN MEXICO... INCLUDING THE ISLAS MARIAS. A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTHWEST OF MAZATLAN TO LOS MOCHIS...AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM LA PAZ SOUTHWARD. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA. AT 5 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MADELINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.0 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES... 160 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE ISLAS MARIAS. MADELINE HAS SLOWED DOWN AND MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 3 MPH...5 KPH. A MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF MADELINE WILL BE PASSING OVER OR NEAR THE ISLAS MARIAS ON SUNDAY. SATELLITE PICTURES AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 45 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH MADELINE. STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS... ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...COULD OCCUR IN THE WARNED AREA. REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...20.1 N...107.0 W. MOVEMENT NORTHEAST...3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM PDT. JARVINEN NNNN