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TROPICAL STORM HARVEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT TUE SEP 21 1999

...CENTER OF HARVEY POORLY DEFINED...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA EAST
COAST FROM SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO BOCA RATON. A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BOCA RATON TO FLORIDA CITY...AND FOR
GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND AND THE ABACOS IN THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE
RIVER...INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST
FROM BONITA BEACH TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER.
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HARVEY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  84.0 WEST OR ABOUT 
120 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA.

THE CENTER OF HARVEY IS NOT WELL DEFINED.  HOWEVER...OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL HOURS HARVEY HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 9
MPH.  A MOTION TOWARD THE EAST OR EAST-SOUTHEAST IS EXPECTED TO
RESUME LATER THIS MORNING.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES MAINLY 
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...AND
UP TO 8 FEET AT THE HEADS OF BAYS...ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE
SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF HARVEY.  SEE STATEMENTS
FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES FOR FLOOD
WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...26.6 N... 84.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM EDT.
 
FRANKLIN
 
 
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