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TROPICAL STORM CARLOTTA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   3A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT MON JUN 19 2000

...HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MEXICAN COAST...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUERTO ANGEL TO ZIHUATANEJO...AND A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT EAST OF PUERTO ANGEL TO SALINA
CRUZ.
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CARLOTTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  96.8 WEST OR ABOUT 130
MILES...205 KM...SOUTH OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO.
 
CARLOTTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH ...20 KM/HR
... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD KEEP THE CENTER OF CARLOTTA OFFSHORE OF
THE MEXICAN COAST. HOWEVER...ANY NORTHWARD TURN COULD
QUICKLY BRING THE CENTER CLOSE TO THE COAST.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND CARLOTTA COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF CARLOTTA WILL SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MEXICO TODAY. THESE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
THAT COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...13.8 N... 96.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE 
 
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