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Hurricane MARTY (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION MARTY ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 AM PDT WED SEP 24 2003

...CORRECTION FOR THE HEADER OF PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER... 

...MARTY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER
ARIZONA...  

AT 8 AM PDT...1500Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION MARTY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE
113.2 WEST...VERY NEAR PUERTO PENASCO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARTY OVER PORTIONS OF
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...AND SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA.  THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND/OR MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM PDT POSITION...31.2 N...113.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.  FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPEP3 AND WMO HEADER WTPZ33
KWNH...BEGINNING AT 2 PM PDT.

 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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