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HURRICANE NORA ADVISORY NUMBER  35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM PDT WED SEP 24 1997

...NORA HEADING FOR BAJA CALIFORNIA...AND THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED   
   STATES...
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS POSTED THE FOLLOWING WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...
 
BAJA CALIFORNIA PACIFIC COAST...HURRICANE WARNING FROM BAHIA
BALLENAS TO PUNTA SANTO TOMAS...AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM
BAHIA BALLENAS 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...TROPICAL
STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH NORTHWARD FROM BAHIA KINO.
 
THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FROM PUNTA ESTRECHO TO MAZATLAN HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 114.8 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...140
KM...SOUTH OF PUNTA EUGENIA ON THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. 
 
NORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.  ON THIS TRACK
THE CENTER OF NORA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE NORTHERN
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS.  PREPARATIONS IN
THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ESPECIALLY STRONG GUSTS ARE LIKELY OVER HIGH TERRAIN. 
WEAKENING IS LIKELY 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.
 
A STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA...AND IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF
CALIFORNIA...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH NORA.  THE RAINBANDS OF NORA
ARE MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA...THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA...AND NORTHWEST MEXICO...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  RAIN IS ALSO SPREADING WELL AHEAD OF NORA INTO
SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...AND COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.   

REPEATING THE 8 PM PDT POSITION...26.5 N...114.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 976 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 2 AM
PDT...THURSDAY.
 
PASCH