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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ODILE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  30A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       EP152014
1100 AM PDT WED SEP 17 2014

...ODILE WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...
...HEAVY RAINFALL TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO
AND THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES...


SUMMARY OF 1100 AM PDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...30.8N 113.0W
ABOUT 35 MI...55 KM W OF CABORCA MEXICO
ABOUT 150 MI...245 KM SW OF TUCSON ARIZONA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR MAINLAND MEXICO.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

NONE.

INTERESTS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ODILE DUE TO THE
THREATS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 AM PDT...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ODILE
WAS LOCATED INLAND OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO NEAR LATITUDE 30.8
NORTH...LONGITUDE 113.0 WEST. ODILE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF ODILE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
FARTHER INLAND OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO THROUGH TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  RAPID WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS ODILE MOVES
FARTHER INLAND...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD DEGENERATE TO A REMNANT
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BY THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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STORM SURGE...A STORM SURGE COULD STILL OCCUR FROM NEAR SAN FELIPE
AROUND THE FAR NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA COAST TO NEAR PUERTO
PENASCO.

RAINFALL...ODILE AND ITS REMNANTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 8 INCHES ACROSS THE
STATE OF SONORA IN NORTHWESTERN MEXICO...SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO WESTERN TEXAS
THROUGH FRIDAY.  THESE RAINS COULD RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.

SURF...SWELLS FROM ODILE WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA AND THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO.  THESE
SWELLS WILL LIKELY CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENT
CONDITIONS.  PLEASE CONSULT PRODUCTS FROM YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.


NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...200 PM PDT.

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FORECASTER STEWART

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