 The Government of Mexico issued a tropical storm warning along the Pacific coast of Mexico from La Cruz , Sinaloa to Huatabampo at 1500 UTC on September 28 . Early on the following day , the tropical storm warning was discontinued . An orange alert " ( high risk ) was issued for parts of the state of Sinaloa , and a yellow alert was in effect for Baja California Sur , and green alert was declared for southern Sonora . A " blue alert " , minimum risk , was issued for north @-@ central Sonora , Durango , Chihuahua and Zacatecas . Officials deployed 400 soldiers in the cities of La Paz and Los Cabos . According to the state director of Civil Protection , Carlos Enriquez Rincon , 500 schools were available to operate as temporary shelters . The shelters have a capacity of around 30 @,@ 000 people , though only 65 people spent the first night of the storm in shelters . Furthermore , a total of 5 @,@ 000 food packages were sent to residents . In the mainland , authorities in the municipality of Culiacán opened 53 shelters , with a total capacity of over 7 @,@ 000 . In addition , classes were suspended in 5 states . 
