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Hurricane ADRIAN (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ADRIAN ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT FRI MAY 20 2005
 
...ADRIAN WEAKENING RAPIDLY AFTER MOVING INLAND...

AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...ALL COASTAL WARNINGS FOR GUATEMALA AND
HONDURAS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE COAST OF EL
SALVADOR HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.  THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS
MORNING.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
ADRIAN WAS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE
88.9 WEST OR INLAND OVER CENTRAL EL SALVADOR.
 
ADRIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND A
GENERAL NORTHEASTWARD MOTION...WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED...IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE
CENTER OF ADRIAN WILL BE BE MOVING ACROSS THE RUGGED TERRAIN OF
HONDURAS LATER TODAY.
 
ADRIAN IS WEAKENING AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 65
MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.   HOWEVER...STRONGER
WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN.
CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THE
CIRCULATION OF ADRIAN MAY DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE WATERS OF
THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS OF NEAR 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN
ASSOCIATION WITH ADRIAN.  THESE RAINS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL BE DIMINISHING TODAY.

REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...13.8 N... 88.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
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 FRANKLIN
 
 
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