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TROPICAL STORM NORMAN ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT WED SEP 20 2000
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN-E BECOMES TROPICAL STORM
NORMAN...TORRENTIAL RAINS TO CONTINUE ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF
MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST
OF MEXICO FROM ZIHUATANEJO TO MANZANILLO.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORMAN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 85 MILES...135 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF ZIHUATANEJO MEXICO.
 
NORMAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH
...11 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  THIS
MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO
LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL.  TWO
SHIPS NEAR THE CENTER RECENTLY REPORTED WINDS OF 45 AND 44 MPH.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  80 MILES
...130 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE DEPRESSION...HEAVY RAINS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE
LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...AND ALSO FARTHER NORTH
AND SOUTH ALONG THE COAST AND WELL INLAND.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...18.0 N...102.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
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 BEVEN
 
 
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