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Hurricane INGRID
(Sep 12) Tropical Depression Ten formed in the Gulf of Mexico prompting warnings for heavy rain and life threatening conditions in Eastern Mexico.
(Sep 14) The storm continued to strengthen with Tropical Storm Ingrid becoming the second hurricane of the Atlantic season Saturday afternoon.
This is the second storm of the Atlantic season to form in the Gulf of Mexico, and once again a powerful one, becoming the second Hurricane as well. The same part of Mexico that is just recovering from Humberto is once again under heavy rainfall and winds.
SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...23.8N 97.8W ABOUT 0 MI...0 KM N OF LA PESCA MEXICO MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB...29.26 INCHES
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS INGRID MOVES INLAND TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- RAINFALL...INGRID IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A LARGE PART OF EASTERN MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 25 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THESE RAINS ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE SPREADING OVER THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. STORM SURGE...A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER OF INGRID MAKES LANDFALL. NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE
AND DESTRUCTIVE WAVES.
HISTORICAL DATA:
400 PM CDT THU SEP 12 2013 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO... ...EXTREME RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN MEXICO...
1000 AM CDT FRI SEP 13 2013 ...THE NINTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...
100 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...INGRID EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE THIS AFTERNOON...
400 PM CDT SAT SEP 14 2013 ...INGRID BECOMES THE SECOND HURRICANE OF THE 2013 SEASON...
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ADJUSTED THE PREVIOUS WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THE GULF COAST. A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM CABO ROJO TO LA PESCA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NORTH OF LA PESCA TO BAHIA ALGODONES...AND FROM SOUTH OF CABO ROJO TO TUXPAN. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM COATZACOALCOS TO SOUTH OF TUXPAN HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
700 AM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...INGRID WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MAKES LANDFALL NEAR LA PESCA... ...HEAVY RAINS SPREADING INLAND...
THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTH OF CABO ROJO HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
100 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...INGRID MOVING INLAND OVER MEXICO WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...
400 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...INGRID WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION... ...HEAVY RAIN THREAT CONTINUES...
1000 PM CDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...SLOW-MOVING INGRID PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND FLOODS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO...
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