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TROPICAL STORM LILI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  25A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002

...LILI MOVING SOWLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
 
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON THE SOUTHWESTERN
PENINSULA OF HAITI TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES 
OF CAMAGUEY...LAS TUNAS...GRANMA...AND SANTIAGO DE CUBA.  A TROPICAL 
STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WATCH AREA WITHIN 36 HR.
  
ALL INTERESTS IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND THE REMAINDER OF CUBA
SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LILI.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.1 WEST OR ABOUT
120 MILES...190 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
LILI HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH
...11 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  50 MPH... 90 
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM 
CENTRAL PRESSURE  O F 999 MB...29.56 INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS JAMAICA AND THE SOUTHWESTERN
PENINSULA OF HAITI TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.  THE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...17.4 N... 75.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 
11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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