000 WTPZ32 KNHC 021447 TCPEP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM BARBARA ADVISORY NUMBER 16 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP022007 800 AM PDT SAT JUN 02 2007 ...BARBARA MAKES LANDFALL NEAR BORDER OF MEXICO AND GUATEMALA... ...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SIPACATE GUATEMALA WESTWARD TO BARRA DE TONALA MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BARRA DE TONALA WESTWARD TO SALINA CRUZ. AS BARBARA MOVES INLAND...THE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY. 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 TROPICAL STORM BARBARA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.4 WEST OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF TAPACHULA IN SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO. BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHEAST MEXICO AND EXTREME WESTERN GUATEMALA TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS BARBARA MOVES INLAND. A MEXICAN NAVY AUTOMATED OBSERVING SITE AT PUERTO MADERO RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 53 MPH...85 KM/HR. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. BARBARA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. REPEATING THE 800 AM PDT POSITION...14.8 N...92.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 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. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/AVILA