Mexico - Hurricane Ignacio OCHA Situation Report No. 1

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0124
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Mexico - Hurricane Ignacio
25 August 2003

This message is not an official hurricane warning or alert for any country.

1. The National Weather Center in Miami reports that at 15:00 GMT today, the center of Hurricane Ignacio was located near latitude 24.3 north, longitude 110.0 west or about 20 miles / 35 km northeast of La Paz, Mexico. Maximum sustained winds are near 85 mph / 140 km/h with higher gusts, making Ignacio a 'category-one' hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

2. At 15:00 GMT, the following warnings/watches were in effect:

3. A Hurricane Warning for the southern Baja California peninsula from south of San Evaristo on the east coast and south of Bahia Magdalena on the west coast.

4. A Tropical Storm Warning for southern Baja California peninsula from Loreto to San Evaristo and from Puerto San Andresito to Bahia Magdalena. A Tropical Storm Warning is also in effect for the coast of mainland Mexico from Altata to Topolobampo.

5. A Tropical Storm Watch for the coast of mainland Mexico north of Topolobampo to Huatabampito.

6. For further information, please refer to the Website of the National Hurricane Service in Miami at www.nhc.noaa.gov and www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/Gif/atl.latest.gif.

7. This situation report, together with further information on ongoing emergencies, is also available on the OCHA Internet Website at http://www.reliefweb.int

MAP - Hurricane Ignacio Storm Location Map

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