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TROPICAL STORM LILI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  14A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST TUE SEP 24 2002

...LILI MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS 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.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR HAITI LATER TONIGHT OR
WEDNESDAY.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  67.1 WEST OR 
ABOUT 395 MILES...635 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND 
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS AND LILI COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY.  AN AIR FORCE 
HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE WILL BE CHECKING THE INTENSITY OF LILI VERY 
SOON.
 
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 8 PM AST POSITION...13.5 N... 67.1 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
11 PM AST.

FORECASTER PASCH/MOLLEDA
 
 
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