000 WTPZ32 KNHC 292044 TCPEP2 BULLETIN HURRICANE BARBARA ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022013 200 PM PDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...BARBARA MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO... ...PROLONGED THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS ANTICIPATED... SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...16.2N 94.0W ABOUT 80 MI...130 KM E OF SALINA CRUZ MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 30 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB...29.23 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * PUERTO ANGEL TO BARRA DE TONALA MEXICO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * BARRA DE TONALA TO BOCA DE PIJIJIAPAN MEXICO. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BARBARA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.0 WEST. BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...AND INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS A REMNANT LOW LATER ON THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RAPID WEAKENING WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...AND BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- RAINFALL...BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER EASTERN OAXACA AND WESTERN CHIAPAS MEXICO... WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEASTERN OAXACA. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. WIND...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTING THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STORM SURGE...A STORM SURGE IS LIKELY RAISING WATER LEVELS BY 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...500 PM PDT. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER PASCH/LANDSEA