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ZCZC MIATCPEP5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM RICK ADVISORY NUMBER 25 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP202009 800 AM PDT WED OCT 21 2009
...RICK CROSSED THE COAST OF WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO NEAR MAZATLAN...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MEXICAN MAINLAND FROM SAN BLAS TO ALTATA. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.
AT 8 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN WESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF RICK.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
THE CENTER OF RICK MADE LANDFALL ON THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR MAZATLAN AROUND 7 AM PDT...1400 UTC...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF ABOUT 55 MPH...90 KM/HR WINDS.
AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RICK WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 23.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 106.3 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES... 25 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MAZATLAN MEXICO.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RICK IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND AND WILL BECOME A REMNANT LOW LATER TODAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES...240 KM FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES... BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS FROM MAZATLAN MEXICO.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE STATES OF SINALOA AND DURANGO IN WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE- THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY RICK WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST AND THE WEST-CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO TODAY...CAUSING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER TODAY.
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION... LOCATION...23.4N 106.3W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST OR 50 DEGREES AT 17 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 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 CANGIALOSI/AVILA
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