000 WTPZ31 KNHC 030256 TCPEP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER 14 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP112007 800 PM PDT SUN SEP 02 2007 ...OUTER RAINBANDS AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO... ...HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA PENINSULA... AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA FROM LA PAZ SOUTHWARD ON THE EAST COAST...AND FROM SANTA FE SOUTHWARD ON THE WEST COAST...INCLUDING CABO SAN LUCAS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.0 WEST OR ABOUT 135 MILES...215 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO AND ABOUT 335 MILES...535 KM...SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. HENRIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR MONDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 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 WEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM MICHOACAN TO JALISCO AND THE ISLAS MARIAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES. REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...18.9 N...107.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200 AM PDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN