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Tropical Storm BARBARA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BARBARA ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022007
800 AM PDT FRI JUN 01 2007

...BARBARA REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...
...HEADING FOR EASTERN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA...

AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENTS OF GUATEMALA AND MEXICO
HAVE ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM SIPACATE GUATEMALA WESTWARD
TO BARRA DE TONALA MEXICO.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
  
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARBARA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.5 WEST OR ABOUT 185
MILES...300 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE GUATEMALA/MEXICO BORDER OR ABOUT
225 MILES...365 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SALINA CRUZ MEXICO.
 
BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR...AND A 
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEMS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...13.0 N...94.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/AVILA
 
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