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Tropical Storm DORA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP042011
800 PM PDT SAT JUL 23 2011
 
...DORA LOSING ORGANIZATION OVER COLD PACIFIC WATERS...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...22.5N 113.4W
ABOUT 225 MI...360 KM W OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.4 WEST. DORA IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/H.  A NORTHWESTWARD
TO NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DORA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION AND THEN TO
DEGENERATE TO A REMNANT LOW ON SUNDAY.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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SURF...LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH DORA WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVER
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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