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TROPICAL STORM ILEANA ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT TUE AUG 15 2000
 
...ILEANA NEARING SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...

THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM LA PAZ AROUND THE PENINSULA TO TODOS LOS
SANTOS...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF 25N LATITUDE.
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ILEANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 75 MILES...120 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS
MEXICO.
 
ILEANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF ILEANA WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN
TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND ILEANA WILL LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...21.9 N...109.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS...70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 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 STEWART
  
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