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Tropical Storm HENRIETTE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112007
800 PM PDT SUN SEP 02 2007

...OUTER RAINBANDS AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO... 
...HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA
PENINSULA...

AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA FROM LA PAZ
SOUTHWARD ON THE EAST COAST...AND FROM SANTA FE SOUTHWARD ON THE
WEST COAST...INCLUDING CABO SAN LUCAS.  A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS
THAT HURRICANE 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 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.0 WEST OR ABOUT 135
MILES...215 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO AND ABOUT 335
MILES...535 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
 
HENRIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR MONDAY.
 
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.
 
HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM MICHOACAN TO
JALISCO AND THE ISLAS MARIAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...18.9 N...107.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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