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049 WTPZ31 KNHC 241213 TCPEP1 BULLETIN HURRICANE NORA SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 32 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM PDT WED SEP 24 1997 ...NORA HEADING FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA...AND SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES... AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS REVISED THEIR WATCHES AND WARNINGS AS FOLLOWS... BAJA CALIFORNIA PACIFIC COAST...HURRICANE WARNING FROM BAHIA BALLENOS TO PUNTA SANTO TOMAS...AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM BAHIA BALLENOS SOUTHWARD TO LATITUDE 24N...AND TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM PUNTA SANTO TOMAS NORTHWARD TO TIJUANA. BAJA CALIFORNIA GULF OF CALIFORNIA COAST...HURRICANE WARNING NORTHWARD FROM SANTA ROSALIA...AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTHWARD OF SANTA ROSALIA TO LATITUDE 24N. NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO GULF OF CALIFORNIA COAST...HURRICANE WATCH NORTHWARD FROM BAHIA KINO. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PUNTA ESTRECHO TO MAZATLAN FOR THE WAVES AND SWELLS GENERATED BY HURRICANE NORA. AT 5 AM PDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NORA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 114.8 WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES...525 KM...SOUTH OF PUNTA EUGENIA ON THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. NORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 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 976 MB...28.82 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH NORA. SOME OUTER RAINBANDS OF NORA CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA... THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA ...AND NORTHWEST MEXICO. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. REPEATING THE 5 AM PDT POSITION...23.1 N...114.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 976 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM PDT. MAYFIELD