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

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KENNA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
MEXICO FROM MAZATLAN SOUTH TO CABO CORRIENTES...INCLUDING PUERTO
VALLARTA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF
CABO CORRIENTES SOUTHWARD TO MANZANILLO.  A HURRICANE WARNING WILL 
LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA LATER TODAY.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KENNA.
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KENNA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.7 WEST OR ABOUT
345 MILES...555 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.
 
KENNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH
...15 KM/HR.  A TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND ARE NOW NEAR 125
MPH...200 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING
IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.  AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WILL BE INVESTIGATING KENNA LATE THIS MORNING.

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  955 MB...28.20 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...16.4 N...108.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...125 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 955 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 8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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