Tropical Storm BARBARA

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TROPICAL STORM BARBARA ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP022007
200 PM PDT FRI JUN 01 2007

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED....
...RAINBANDS AFFECTING SOUTHEAST MEXICO AND GUATEMALA...
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENTS OF GUATEMALA AND MEXICO
HAVE ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM SIPACATE GUATEMALA
WESTWARD TO BARRA DE TONALA MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM BARRA DE TONALA TO SALINA CRUZ. 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 200 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARBARA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.0 WEST OR ABOUT
140 MILES...225 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE GUATEMALA/MEXICO BORDER OR
ABOUT 210 MILES...335 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SALINA CRUZ MEXICO.
 
BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR...
AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO
10 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA...WITH
POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...13.4 N...94.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/AVILA
 
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