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HURRICANE KENNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  14A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM PDT FRI OCT 25 2002
 
...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE MOVING MORE RAPIDLY 
TOWARD THE COAST OF MEXICO...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
MEXICO FROM MAZATLAN SOUTHWARD TO LA FORTUNA...INCLUDING ISLAS
MARIAS.  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF LA FORTUNA
TO MANZANILLO.  
 
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD
BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
 
AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KENNA WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 20.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.3 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES...65 
KM...WEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.
 
KENNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 19 MPH...31 KM/HR...AND 
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD 
SPEED.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF KENNA IS EXPECTED TO 
MOVE INLAND IN THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS 
AFTERNOON.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160 MPH...260 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  KENNA REMAINS A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE...CAPABLE OF CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE.  SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES THAT KENNA MAY BE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN.  ALTHOUGH SOME
WEAKENING IS LIKELY PRIOR TO LANDFALL...KENNA IS EXPECTED TO BE AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE AT LANDFALL.  A HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT WILL BE REACHING THE CENTER OF KENNA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF
HOUR OR SO.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  915 MB...27.02 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF KENNA.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE 
COAST.

REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...20.5 N...106.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 19 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 915 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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