Hurricane HENRIETTE

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HURRICANE HENRIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112007
200 PM PDT WED SEP 05 2007

...HENRIETTE APPROACHING THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST OF MAINLAND
MEXICO FROM TOPOLOBAMPO NORTHWARD TO BAHIA KINO.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM SOUTH OF TOPOLOBAMPO TO ALTATA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE EAST COAST OF
THE BAJA PENINSULA FROM SAN EVARISTO NORTHWARD TO MULEGE.
 
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 HURRICANE HENRIETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 110.7 WEST OR ABOUT 70
MILES...115 KM...SOUTH OF GUAYMAS MEXICO.
 
HENRIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE CROSSING THE COAST IN
THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA IN A FEW HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  HENRIETTE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED UNTIL
LANDFALL.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST ONCE HENRIETTE MOVES INLAND OVER
MAINLAND MEXICO LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES...140 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
TO 6 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO...WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND
MUD SLIDES. ON THURSDAY...RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. 

REPEATING THE 200 PM PDT POSITION...27.0 N...110.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 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 RHOME
 
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