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TROPICAL STORM LILI SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1230 PM AST MON SEP 23 2002

...TROPICAL STORM LILI DEVELOPS EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...
 
AT 1130 AM AST...1530Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE SOUTHERN LESSER ANTILLES FROM ST. LUCIA SOUTHWARD TO THE
GRENADINES...INCLUDING BARBADOS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA...
GENERALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL LESSER
ANTILLES FROM GUADELOUPE SOUTHWARD TO MARTINIQUE.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING OR A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR
GRENADA LATER TODAY.
 
AT 1230 PM AST...1530Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  59.6 WEST OR ABOUT
35 MILES...55 KM...SOUTH OF BARBADOS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 110 MILES 
...175 KM..EAST OF THE GRENADINE ISLANDS.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR... 
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE ENXT 24 
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL BE MOVING OVER 
THE WINDWARD ISLANDS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH GREATER AMOUNTS OVER 
HIGHER TERRAIN...IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND 
BARBADOS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 1230 PM AST POSITION...12.6 N... 59.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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