First Tropical Storm of 2009 hurricane season forms

By: AP | WSLS 10
Published: June 22, 2009

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MIAMI, Fla. (AP) - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Andres has formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico, becoming the first named storm of the season in the Eastern Pacific.
The government of Mexico on Sunday night issued a tropical storm watch from Zihuatanejo northward to Manzanillo.
The National Hurricane Center says the center of the storm as of 11 p.m. EDT was about 200 miles (325 km) south of Zihuatanejo and 330 miles (530 km) south-southeast of Manzanillo. The system had been a tropical depression earlier in the day.
Andres is moving slowly toward the west-northwest near 5 mph (7 km/hour). Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/hour) with higher gusts. Forecasters say it is expected to strengthen during the next or two.
The system could bring heavy rainfall to southwestern areas of Mexico over the next two days.