ZCZC MIATCPEP2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANK ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 2 AM PDT SAT AUG 08 1998 ...FRAN MOVING NORTHWARD...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY... AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA FROM CABO SAN LAZARO TO PUNTA ABREOJOS AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM JUST NORTH OF PUNTA ABREOJOS TO PUNTA EUGENIA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF BAJA CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANK WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 112.4 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES...185 KM...SOUTH OF CABO SAN LAZARO ON THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA. FRANK IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF FRANK WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE PARALLEL AND NOT TOO FAR FROM THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA TODAY. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA...AND COULD PRODUCE LIFE -THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...23.1 N...112.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 AM PDT. AVILA NNNN