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WTPZ31 KNHC 311438
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112007
800 AM PDT FRI AUG 31 2007

...HENRIETTE HUGGING THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO... 
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS EXTENDED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING TO MANZANILLO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS
NOW IN EFFECT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM
LAGUNAS DE CHACAHUA TO MANZANILLO. TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS
THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS EXTENDED THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO CABO CORRIENTES. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM JUST WEST OF MANZANILLO TO CABO CORRIENTES.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 100.1 WEST OR ABOUT
85 MILES...135 KM ...SOUTH OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.
 
HENRIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17
KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE CYCLONE WILL BE MOVING CLOSE
TO THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO BUT ANY DEVIATION TO THE NORTH OF
THE TRACK WOULD BRING STRONGER WINDS TO THE COAST.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF MEXICO FROM GUERRERO TO
JALISCO...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES. 
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...15.7 N...100.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200
PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA