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WTPZ31 KNHC 191449
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP012009
800 AM PDT FRI JUN 19 2009
 
...HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO THE MEXICAN STATE OF SINALOA...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAS ISLAS MARIAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF
MAINLAND MEXICO FROM TOPOLOBAMPO SOUTHWARD TO CABO CORRIENTES.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.1 WEST OR ABOUT
160 MILES...255 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MAZATLAN MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED TONIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE CYCLONE
WILL BE NEAR LAS ISLAS MARIAS TODAY AND NEAR THE MAINLAND COAST OF
MEXICO ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME
A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN...IS POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN MEXICO
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPRESSION. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES. MOISTURE FLOWING
NORTHWARD FROM THE DEPRESSION COULD ENHANCE RAINFALL IN NORTHERN
MEXICO...THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES...AND THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS. 
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...21.0N 107.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 15 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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 BRENNAN/BERG