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TROPICAL STORM LILI ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED SEP 25 2002

...LILI MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN SEA...REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTS OF
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI FROM PUNTA PALENQUE WESTWARD
TO TIBURON ON THE WESTERN TIP OF THE TIBURON PENINSULA OF HAITI.
  
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 
LILI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.3 WEST OR 
ABOUT 300 MILES...485 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR... 
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AN 
AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING 
TROPICAL STORM LILI AND THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE 
EXACT LOCATION OF THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER. IF THE CENTER DOES NOT 
BECOME BETTER DEFINED...THEN LILI COULD BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL 
WAVE LATER TODAY AND WATCHES MAY BE DISCONTINUED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...14.1 N... 69.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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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