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TROPICAL STORM IVO ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM PDT TUE SEP 11 2001

...TROPICAL STORM FORMS NEAR MEXICO...
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE PACIFIC COAST FROM ACAPULCO TO CABO
CORRIENTES.
 
AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IVO WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 103.2 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES 
...290 KM...SOUTH OF COLIMA MEXICO.
 
IVO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH ...20 KM/HR 
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...AND 
THERE IS A RISK OF FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS. 
  
REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...15.5 N...103.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 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 LAWRENCE
 
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