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HURRICANE ISIDORE ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT SAT SEP 21 2002

...ISIDORE DRIFTING WESTWARD WITH 125 MPH WINDS...
  
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTH AND EAST COASTS OF
THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM TULUM TO PROGRESSO...INCLUDING THE ISLAND
OF COZUMEL.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN CUBA
PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO...INCLUDING THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE ISIDORE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.7 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES..75
KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CABO CATOCHE ON THE NORTHEAST TIP OF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA.

ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE EYE OF ISIDORE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST NORTH OF THE
NORTHERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA.  HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE EYE WILL LIKELY AFFECT NORTHERN YUCATAN
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT JUST A SLIGHT DEVIATION TO THE SOUTH
WOULD BRING THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE AND THE MOST INTENSE WINDS
ONSHORE.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  946 MB...27.94 INCHES.

ALTHOUGH THE CENTER OF ISIDORE IS MOVING AWAY FROM CUBA...
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 T0 15 INCHES...ARE STILL
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN CUBA AND THE ISLE OF YOUTH.  HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO AFFECT THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF CUBA... 
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...WILL GRADUALLY 
DIMINISH. 
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...22.2 N... 86.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...125 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 946 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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