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TROPICAL STORM LILI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  20A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST THU SEP 26 2002

...LILI REMAINS DISORGANIZED...MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD...
 
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...AND ALSO FOR JAMAICA.
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN HAITI MAY BE UPGRADED TO A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING THIS MORNING.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 71.3 WEST OR ABOUT 275 MILES...445 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
SANTO DOMINGO.

LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH ...  9 KM/HR...BUT A
GENERALLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LILI IS VERY DISORGANIZED AND MAY NO LONGER HAVE A CLOSED 
SURFACE WIND CIRCULATION. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE 
AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING LILI AND IF THEY CANNOT FIND A 
CENTER...THEN LILI WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL WAVE LATER THIS 
MORNING. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 155 MILES
...250 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES
TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...14.6 N... 71.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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