Information Concerning Eastern Pacific Storm Tracking

Many of you have seen that “Tropical Depression 1-E” has formed in the Eastern Pacific off the coast of western Mexico. This storm will move northeasterly and inland over the weekend and will bring rains to the southwestern US and especially Texas.

We are only mentioning this today because some persons might see “Tropical Depression 1-E” on TV and wonder why we are not tracking the storm. The Tropical Storm Research Center in Gulf Shores, Alabama, does not routinely track Eastern Pacific storms UNLESS they cross over Mexico or Latin America and enter the Caribbean Sea or the Gulf of Mexico. Our tracking of Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf storms is our primary responsibility because they can ultimately affect the Gulf Coast of the United States where the majority of our viewers reside. Thank you.

http://www.weather.gov/largemap.php

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”
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