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TROPICAL STORM LORENA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM PDT TUE OCT 02 2001

...LORENA CONTINUING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR THE COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA SAN TELMO NORTHWARD TO MAZATLAN.

AT 11 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LORENA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.4 WEST OR ABOUT
290 MILES...470 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.

LORENA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...21 KM/HR.  A TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN SPREADING ONSHORE WITHIN AND EAST OF THE 
WARNING AREA ON WEDNESDAY.  THESE RAINS MAY CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING 
FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM PDT POSITION...15.3 N...106.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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 AM PDT...WEDNESDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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