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HURRICANE KENNA ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT THU OCT 24 2002

...KENNA NOW A MAJOR HURRICANE AND THREATENING THE SOUTHWESTERN 
COAST OF MEXICO...
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM MAZATLAN
SOUTH TO CABO CORRIENTES...INCLUDING PUERTO VALLARTA.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ALSO ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM
SOUTH OF CABO CORRIENTES SOUTHWARD TO MANZANILLO.

PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREAS WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO WARNINGS 
LATER TODAY.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HURRICANE KENNA.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE KENNA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.5 WEST OR ABOUT
365 MILES...590 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.
 
KENNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH
...15 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
KENNA COULD BECOME A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR FRIDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  962 MB...28.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...15.9 N...108.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 962 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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