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TROPICAL STORM LILI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  13A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST TUE SEP 24 2002

...LILI MOVING WESTWARD OVER EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF HAITI ISSUED A TROPICAL 
STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE TIBURON PENINSULA FROM  
ANSE-A-PITRES AT THE HAITI/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER WESTWARD TO 
TIBURON ON THE WESTERN END OF THE PENINSULA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH 
IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
AND HAITI FROM PUNTA PALENQUE WESTWARD TO TIBURON.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR HAITI LATER TODAY.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  66.0 WEST OR 
ABOUT 435 MILES...705 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...21 KM/HR...AND 
THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD 
THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED BY TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS AND LILI COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES
...205 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...13.2 N... 66.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 PM AST. 
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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