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Tropical Storm KEVIN (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KEVIN ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP142009
200 PM PDT SAT AUG 29 2009
 
...DEPRESSION BECOMES TROPICAL STORM KEVIN...SEVENTH NAMED STORM OF
THE MONTH IN THE EAST PACIFIC...

AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KEVIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 122.2 WEST OR ABOUT
1065 MILES...1720 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA.
 
KEVIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR. A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND THEN THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED IN
THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...WITH A CONTINUED SLOW MOTION. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...12.8N 122.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 5 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
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