Hurricane Andres formed as a tropical storm off the southwestern coast of Mexico early on the morning of June 22, 2009. The storm killed one fisherman as it reached land in Western Mexico on June 23, 2009. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami upgraded the storm to a hurricane at roughly 5:00 p.m. EST on the same day.http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSN23519181
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About 180 miles south of Zihuatanejo, Mexico on the morning of June 22
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Became a tropical storm on June 22, 2009
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The storm was moving northwest at around 3 miles per hour as of 5 a.m. PDT
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Maximum sustained winds were near 50 miles per hour
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Andres is the first named storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season
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Minimum central pressure: 997 MB
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Eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15, 2009; ends on November 30, 2009
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Upgraded to hurricane status at 5:00 p.m. EST on June 23, 2009
