000 WTPZ31 KNHC 012349 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP112007 500 PM PDT SAT SEP 01 2007 ...HENRIETTE EDGING AWAY FROM THE COAST OF MEXICO...COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA SAN TELMO TO CABO CORRIENTES. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TONIGHT. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF MEXICO PRIMARILY THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HENRIETTE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 500 PM PDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.6 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO AND ABOUT 420 MILES...680 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. HENRIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK THE CIRCULATION WILL BE GRADUALLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES. HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM GUERRERO TO JALISCO...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. REPEATING THE 500 PM PDT POSITION...18.3N 105.6W MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM PDT. $$ FORECASTER COBB/BEVEN