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TROPICAL STORM JULIETTE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1100 AM PDT FRI SEP 21 2001
 
...TROPICAL STORM FORMS SOUTH OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...

AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM SALINA CRUZ TO ACAPULCO.
 
REPORTS FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE AREA 
OF DISTURBED WEATHER SOUTH OF THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC HAS RAPIDLY 
DEVELOPED INTO TROPICAL STORM JULIETTE.

AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JULIETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.2 WEST OR ABOUT
215 MILES...350 KM...SOUTHEAST OF PUERTO ANGEL MEXICO.  

JULIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH ...32
KM/HR.  SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A SHORT 
DISTANCE OFFSHORE.  HOWEVER...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COULD 
OVERSPREAD THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE NOAA AIRCRAFT WAS 998 
MB...29.47 INCHES.

HEAVY RAINS...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND LOCALLY 
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE POSSIBLE AND COULD PRODUCE 
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...13.4 N... 94.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 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 2 PM PDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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