National Emergency Management Organization

“Preserving Life and Property”

Date: Saturday, 26 June 2010                                               Time: 10:00 P.M.

NEMO PRESS RELEASE No. 6

AT 9:00 PM THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.7 NORTH,

LONGITUDE 88.4 WEST, WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES NW OF BELIZE CITY, MOVING TOWARD THE

WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT

COUPLE DAYS. ALEX WILL MOVE AWAY FROM BELIZE AND ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA

TONIGHT.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE AFFECTING

NORTHERN BELIZE; THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS ALEX WEAKENS.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB. ALEX IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL

RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8.