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TROPICAL STORM LILI ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002

...LILY MOVING SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD... 

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
 
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE SOUTHWESTERN
PENINSULA OF HAITI TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE PROVINCES OF GRANMA...SANTIAGO DE
CUBA...GUANTANAMO...AND HOLGUIN.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF LAS TUNAS AND CAMAGUEY.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS
ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.

AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 17.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.2 WEST OR ABOUT 110 
MILES...180 KM...EAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR... 
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK..THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR SOUTHEASTERN CUBA IN 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST ON SATURDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY SPREAD ACROSS JAMAICA AND THE SOUTHWESTERN
PENINSULA OF HAITI ON SATURDAY.  THE RAINS COULD CAUSE 
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. 
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...17.7 N... 75.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 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 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM 
EDT...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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