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HURRICANE LENNY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM EST SUN NOV 14 1999

...LENNY...EIGHTH HURRICANE OF THE SEASON...MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD
OVER THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
JAMAICA.  A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF
HAITI.
 
AT 7 PM EST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LENNY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.6 WEST OR ABOUT 170
MILES...275 KM...SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
LENNY IS MOVING EASTWARD NEAR 6 MPH ...9 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR.  SOME
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM FROM THE
CENTER AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH
LENNY.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES OVER
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

STRONG ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2
TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF JAMAICA.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM EST POSITION...16.2 N... 78.6 W. 
MOVEMENT...EASTWARD NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM EST.

PASCH
 
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