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HURRICANE HENRIETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  23A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112007
500 AM PDT WED SEP 05 2007
 
...HENRIETTE APPROACHING MAINLAND MEXICO...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE
BAJA PENINSULA FROM LA PAZ NORTHWARD TO LORETO.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST OF MAINLAND
MEXICO FROM TOPOLOBAMPO NORTHWARD TO BAHIA KINO.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT
ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA FROM NORTH OF LORETO TO
MULEGE.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM SOUTH OF TOPOLOBAMPO TO ALTATA.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HENRIETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 110.0 WEST OR ABOUT 95
MILES...150 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LA PAZ MEXICO AND ABOUT 60 MILES
...95 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LOS MOCHIS MEXICO.
 
HENRIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS
TRACK THE CENTER OF HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG
THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA
LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  HENRIETTE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST PRIOR TO LANDFALL IN
MAINLAND MEXICO.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125
MILES...205 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5
TO 10 INCHES OVER THE WEST COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO AND OVER
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.  THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM PDT POSITION...25.5 N...110.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER RHOME