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TROPICAL STORM DALILA ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT SUN JUL 22 2001
 
...DALILA APPROACHING HURRICANE STRENGTH...

AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FROM ACAPULCO EASTWARD.  THE GOVERNMENT OF
MEXICO HAS ALSO EXTENDED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WESTWARD...AND
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF ACAPULCO TO
PUNTA SAN TELMO.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF
ACAPULCO TO MANZANILLO.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DALILA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.1 WEST OR ABOUT
155 MILES...250 KM...SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.

DALILA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH ...24
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF DALILA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
OFFSHORE.  HOWEVER...A SMALL DEVIATION OF THE TRACK TO THE NORTH
COULD BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DALILA IS EXPECTED TO 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  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH DALILA ARE CURRENTLY
OFFSHORE...A DEVIATION FROM THE CURRENT TRACK COULD BRING THESE
RAINS INLAND OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA AND INCREASE THE
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...14.6 N...100.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 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 5 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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