000 WTPZ31 KNHC 010559 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP112007 1100 PM PDT FRI AUG 31 2007 ...HENRIETTE BRINGING HEAVY RAINS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO... AT 11 PM PDT...0600 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS EXTENDED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING TO CABO CORRIENTES AND DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTH OF ACAPULCO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM ACAPULCO TO CABO CORRIENTES. TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MANZANILLO TO CABO CORRIENTES. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE 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 1100 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.8 WEST OR ABOUT 160 MILES...260 KM...SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 190 MILES ...310 KM...WEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO. HENRIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR OR PARALLEL TO THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO. HOWEVER...ANY DEVIATION TO THE NORTH OF THE TRACK WOULD BRING STRONGER WINDS TO THE COAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL 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 997 MB...29.44 INCHES. HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES AS IT TRACKS WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF MEXICO. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. REPEATING THE 1100 PM PDT POSITION...17.2 N...102.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI