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TROPICAL STORM NORA ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT TUE SEP 16 1997
 
...TROPICAL STORM NORA FORMS OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO...

THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FROM LAZARO
CARDENAS TO CABO CORRIENTES.  A PORTION OF THIS AREA MAY BE UPGRADED
TO A WARNING LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
 
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NORA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 102.8 WEST OR ABOUT 390 MILES
...625 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MANZANILLO MEXICO.
 
NORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

OUTER RAIN BANDS MAY SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF THE COAST OF MEXICO
LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. 
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM PDT POSITION...13.6 N...102.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 8 PM
PDT.
 
MAYFIELD