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HURRICANE HENRIETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP112007
800 AM PDT WED SEP 05 2007

...HENRIETTE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE COAST OF MAINLAND
MEXICO LATER TODAY...
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS REPLACED THE
HURRICANE WARNING ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA FROM
LA PAZ NORTHWARD TO LORETO WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.  THE
GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ALSO DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM
LORETO TO MULEGE.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ALONG
THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA FROM LA PAZ NORTHWARD TO
MULEGE.
 
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 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 800 AM PDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HENRIETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 110.1 WEST OR ABOUT 125
MILES...200 KM...NORTH OF LA PAZ MEXICO AND ABOUT 70 MILES...110 KM
...WEST-NORTHWEST OF LOS MOCHIS MEXICO.
 
HENRIETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
A TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HENRIETTE IS EXPECTED TO
REACH THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO IN 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.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED UNTIL
LANDFALL. WEAKENING IS FORECAST ONCE HENRIETTE MOVES INLAND OVER
MAINLAND MEXICO LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
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 AMOUNTS OF 4
TO 8 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO...WITH
ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND
MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...26.0 N...110.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 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 RHOME