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WTPZ32 KNHC 300234
TCPEP2
 
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM BARBARA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP022013
800 PM PDT WED MAY 29 2013
 
...BARBARA DUMPING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MEXICO...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...17.1N 93.8W
ABOUT 50 MI...85 KM WNW OF TUXTLA GUTIERREZ MEXICO
ABOUT 85 MI...135 KM SSE OF COATZACOALCOS MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB...29.38 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM...
* SALINA CRUZ 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
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AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARBARA WAS
LOCATED INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO NEAR LATITUDE 17.1 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 93.8 WEST.  BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H.  A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTH-NORTHWEST
AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND ON THURSDAY.  ON
THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BARBARA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO OVERNIGHT...AND EMERGE OVER THE EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS A REMNANT LOW ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WEAKENING WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AND BARBARA
IS EXPECTED TO DEGENERATE TO A REMNANT LOW ON THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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RAINFALL...BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES
POSSIBLE...OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
WIND...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...WILL
AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO OVERNIGHT.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...1100 PM PDT.
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/BEVEN