Hurricane Trudy was still a Category 2 storm early Sunday, October 18, with sustained winds near 100 mph as it tracked close to Mexico’s west-central Pacific coast, bringing hurricane warnings and a threat of flooding rain.
At midnight CST, the National Hurricane Center placed the storm’s center about 115 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo and 135 miles south of Cabo Corrientes; Trudy was moving northwest at 9 mph. A hurricane warning covered the coast from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes, while tropical-storm warnings extended to nearby coastal areas and the Islas Marías. The NHC forecast 4 to 8 inches of rain in parts of Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco, with isolated totals near 12 inches.
Heavy rainfall could trigger life-threatening floods and mudslides, particularly in steep terrain, while outer bands posed a risk of localized flash flooding in Guerrero and Nayarit. Trudy was also generating dangerous waves and surf, with possible coastal flooding from storm surge. Mexico’s navy urged coastal residents and mariners to use extreme caution because of high waves, rising rivers, flooding and landslides.
Colima officials warned that rain could have greater impact because successive storms had left the ground saturated. Forecasters said Trudy might strengthen slightly Sunday morning, but expected it to begin weakening later in the day as its center stayed near the coast before moving south of Baja California.