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TROPICAL STORM ILEANA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT TUE AUG 15 2000
 
...ILEANA APPROACHING SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA...

THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR BAJA
CALIFORNIA FROM LA PAZ AROUND THE PENINSULA TO TODOS LOS
SANTOS...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SOUTH OF 25N LATITUDE.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ILEANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CABO SAN LUCAS MEXICO.
 
ILEANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  ON THIS TRACK...
THE CENTER OF ILEANA WILL PASS NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ILEANA WILL LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE
LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN BAJA PENINSULA.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...21.8 N...108.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY
AT 8 AM PDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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