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289 WTPZ31 KNHC 240837 TCPEP1 BULLETIN HURRICANE NORA ADVISORY NUMBER 31 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 2 AM PDT WED SEP 24 1997 ...NORA HEADING FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM PUNTA EUGENIA SOUTHWARD. A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA FROM LATITUDE 25N NORTHWARD TO PUNTA SAN CARLOS. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PUNTA ESTRECHO TO MAZATLAN FOR THE WAVES AND SWELLS GENERATED BY HURRICANE NORA. AT 2 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NORA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 114.7 WEST OR ABOUT 340 MILES...550 KM...SOUTH OF PUNTA EUGENIA ON THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. NORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 979 MB...28.91 INCHES. THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF NORA ARE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. REPEATING THE 2 AM PDT POSITION...22.9 N...114.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB. 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. AVILA