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HURRICANE KENNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  11A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM PDT THU OCT 24 2002
 
...KENNA AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE...

PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF
MEXICO FROM MAZATLAN SOUTHWARD TO LA FORTUNA...INCLUDING ISLAS 
MARIAS.  A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF LA FORTUNA
TO MANZANILLO.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KENNA.

AT 11 AM PDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KENNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.8 WEST OR ABOUT 300
MILES...  485 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES.

KENNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR.  A TURN TO
THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

INITIAL REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER 
AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT KENNA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN.  MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 150 MPH...240 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.  
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER 
AIRCRAFT WAS  921 MB...27.20 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF KENNA.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE 
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM PDT POSITION...17.3 N...108.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...150 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 921 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
2 PM PDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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