NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM PDT THU OCT 24 2002
...KENNA NOW A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE...
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF MEXICO FROM MAZATLAN SOUTHWARD TO LA FORTUNA...INCLUDING ISLAS MARIAS. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF LA FORTUNA TO MANZANILLO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KENNA.
AT 2 PM PDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KENNA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.7 WEST OR ABOUT 270 MILES...440 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CABO CORRIENTES MEXICO.
KENNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH ...17 KM/HR. A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF KENNA IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE TIME OF LANDFALL.