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TROPICAL STORM LILI ADVISORY NUMBER  32
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT SUN SEP 29 2002

...LILI GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED JUST NORTH OF WESTERN JAMAICA...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS
ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR CAYMAN BRAC AND LITTLE CAYMAN.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS
ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR GRAND CAYMAN.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES
OF CAMAGUEY...LAS TUNAS...GRANMA...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...
GUANTANAMO... AND HOLGUIN.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF MATANZAS...CIENFUEGOS...VILLA
CLARA...SANCTI SPIRITUS AND CIEGO DE AVILA.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.6 WEST OR ABOUT
25 MILES...40 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND THIS 
GENERAL MOTION WILL CONTINUE TODAY....WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE 
WEST-NORTHWEST EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT OR MONDAY. THERE MAY BE SOME 
ERRATIC MOTION UNTIL LILI MOVES WEST OF JAMAICA LATER TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS JAMAICA AND GRADUALLY SPREAD OVER 
PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUBA LATER TODAY.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE 
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES.  SEVERE FLOODING AND 
MUD SLIDES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS JAMAICA.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...18.7 N... 77.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 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 EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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