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TROPICAL STORM LANE ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP132006
200 AM PDT SUN SEP 17 2006
 
...LANE WEAKENING QUICKLY AS IT PROGRESSES INLAND...

AT 200 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE
HURRICANE WARNING TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE PACIFIC COAST
OF MEXICO FROM MAZATLAN NORTHWARD TO ALTATA.  THIS WARNING WILL
LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LANE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 107.4 WEST OR ABOUT 100
MILES...160 KM...EAST OF LOS MOCHIS MEXICO.
 
LANE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY UNTIL THE CIRCULATION LIKELY
DISSIPATES.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY AS THE CENTER MOVES
FARTHER INLAND...AND THE CIRCULATION IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.

COASTAL TIDE LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN THE WARNING AREA THIS
MORNING.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER
WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 15
TO 25 INCHES POSSIBLE.  THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...25.6 N...107.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
AM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB
 
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