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HURRICANE LENNY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST TUE NOV 16 1999

...LENNY MOVING EASTWARD AND RE-INTENSIFIYING...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S.
AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO BEATA
TO CABO ENGANO.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH
COASTS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LENNY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.1 WEST OR ABOUT 275 MILES...445
KM...SOUTHWEST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
 
LENNY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 13 MPH...21 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 85 MPH...135 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 145 MILES...230 KM.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE
HUNTER WAS 977 MB...28.85 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY NEAR THE PATH OF THE
HURRICANE.  MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS OVER WATER AT THIS
TIME BUT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF HISPANIOLA LATER
TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...15.2 N... 72.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 977 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
BEVEN
 
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