ZCZC MIATCPEP5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NORBERT ADVISORY NUMBER 34 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP152008 200 AM PDT SUN OCT 12 2008 ...NORBERT WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO... AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED ALL WARNINGS FOR THE COAST OF MEXICO. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.0 WEST OR ABOUT 140 MILES ...225 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CHIHUAHUA MEXICO. NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS TRACK NORBERT...OR ITS REMNANTS...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO THIS MORNING...AND OVER WESTERN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECEASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NORBERT IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION LATER THIS MORNING...AND TO DISSIPATE AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES. NORBERT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES. THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. IN ADDITION...NORBERT OR ITS REMNANTS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...27.5 N...108.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER PASCH NNNN
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