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Hurricane Willa with winds of 130mph (215kph / h) heads towards the coast of Mexico and the Pacific coast with high-rise resorts, surfing beaches fishing villages.
Thousands of people have been evacuated, buildings were boarded up and schools were closed in the low-lying region where towns and villages lined up.
Residents sealed off from the city of Mazatlan, a popular coastal city in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.
Further south, meanwhile, Mexican people reported that there had been 12 deaths related to heavy rains from Tropical Storm Vicente.
Willa, Willa, briefly weakened to a point of weakness, then weakened a bit to category 4.
But the US National Hurricane Center warned that it was still to bring "life-threatening storm surge, wind and rainfall" to parts of west-central and south-western Mexico when it makes landfall on Tuesday afternoon.
A decree of "extraordinary emergency" was issued for 19 municipalities in Nayarit and Sinaloa states, the federal Interior Department announced.
Nayarit governor Antonio Echevarría said more than 10,000 people were being evacuated and would be closed. He warned locals not to defy the storm. "Let's not play the macho," he said. "Let's not act like superheroes. It's a very strong hurricane, very powerful, and we do not want any tragedies. "
At a gas station on the outskirts of Mazatlan, a steady line of buses waited at the convenience store on Monday night.
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Station awaiting Zulema Pardo said residents had been ready for sale.
"People are really scared," she said. "People are crazy and worked up."
The hurricane was nearing the Islas Marías, a group of islands about 60 miles (96km) offshore. Forecasters said Willa would then blow ashore in late afternoon somewhere along a 140-mile stretch from Mazatlan to San Blas.
Early Tuesday, Willa was centered about 75 miles south-west of the Islas Marías and 175 miles south-south-west of Mazatlán. It was moving north at 5mph, but was forecast to make a turn to the northeast.
Hurricane-force winds extended 35 miles from the storm's core, and tropical storm-force winds were up to 125 miles out.
The US hurricane center warned that Willa could bring 6 to 12in (15 to 30cm) of rain – with up to 18in in some places – to parts of Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa states, with possible flooding and landslides in mountainous areas.
Farther to the south, Tropical Storm Vicente had weakened to a tropical depression early Tuesday, but it was still heavy rainfall that caused dangerous flooding in southern and south-western Mexico.
Officials in Oaxaca state said seven adults and five children had died in drownings or mudslides.
This article includes reporting by AP and Reuters
