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Tropical Storm NORBERT (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NORBERT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  34A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP152008
500 AM PDT SUN OCT 12 2008
 
...NORBERT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...MOISTURE SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD
INTO THE SOUTH-CENTRAL UNITED STATES...
  
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORBERT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.2 WEST OR ABOUT
70 MILES...110 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CHIHUAHUA MEXICO.
 
NORBERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH...34 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 DECREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  NORBERT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION
VERY SOON...AND TO DISSIPATE AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER THIS
MORNING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 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 500 AM PDT POSITION...28.4 N...107.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN
 
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