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TROPICAL STORM DALILA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM PDT SAT JUL 21 2001
 
...DALILA CONTINUES TO PARALLEL THE COAST OF MEXICO... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA MALDONADO TO LAZARO CARDENAS.  A
HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF LAZARO CARDENAS TO
MANZANILLO.  

AT 11 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DALILA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 99.3 WEST OR ABOUT 180
MILES...290 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.

DALILA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING 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 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DALILA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE ON SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 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 11 PM PDT POSITION...14.3 N... 99.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
2 AM PDT...SUNDAY.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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