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HURRICANE JULIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT TUE SEP 25 2001

...JULIETTE A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AGAIN...CONTINUING TO MOVE
PARALLEL TO THE MEXICAN COAST...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
FROM LAZARO CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.
 
ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN MEXICAN COAST AND SOUTHERN BAJA
CALIFORNIA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HURRICANE JULIETTE
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE JULIETTE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.5 WEST OR ABOUT 
210 MILES...335 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
JULIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR... 
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...AND JULIETTE HAS BECOME A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AGAIN. SOME 
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  949 MB...28.02 INCHES.
 
BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
WARNING AREA ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO.  LOCALLY HEAVY 
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...MAY RESULT IN FLASH 
FLOODING AND LIFE-THREATENING MUD SLIDES.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ALONG WITH LARGE BATTERING WAVES WILL 
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO IN 
AND AROUND THE WARNING AREA. 
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...16.2 N...105.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...135 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 949 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 STEWART
 
 
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