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HURRICANE LENNY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM EST MON NOV 15 1999
 
...HURRICANE LENNY MOVING EASTWARD OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN EFFECT FOR
JAMAICA.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF
HAITI. THE WARNING AND WATCH FOR JAMAICA MAY BE LOWERED LATER TODAY.
 
HURRICANE AND/OR TROPICAL STORM WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...PUERTO RICO...AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATER
TODAY.
 
AT 7 AM EST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LENNY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  76.7 WEST OR ABOUT 175 MILES...280
KM...SOUTH OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
LENNY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 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.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 971 MB...28.67 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH
LENNY. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES OVER
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. 

STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF JAMAICA WILL LIKELY
DIMINISH LATER TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM EST POSITION...15.4 N... 76.7 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 971 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM EST.
 
BEVEN
 

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