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TROPICAL STORM ILEANA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT MON AUG 14 2000

...ILEANA BEGINNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
MEXICO...POTENTIAL THREAT TO SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC... THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA
FROM LA PAZ AROUND THE PENINSULA TO TODOS LOS SANTOS.
 
AT  8 AM...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE
SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM LAZARO CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ILEANA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 120 MILES...190 KM...WEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
ILEANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ILEANA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE IN 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH ILEANA ARE STILL AFFECTING
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO...WHICH COULD PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING  FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES OVER MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS. THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...19.3 N...106.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 PM
PDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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