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TROPICAL STORM LILI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  26A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT SAT SEP 28 2002

...LILY CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY...A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS 
SCHEDULED TO BE IN THE AREA SHORTLY... 

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
 
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLY OCCURRING ON THE SOUTHWESTERN
PENINSULA OF HAITI.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF
GRANMA...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...GUANTANAMO...AND HOLGUIN.  A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF LAS TUNAS AND
CAMAGUEY.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS ADJUSTED THE AREA OF THE 
TROPICAL STORM WATCH. IT IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LITTLE CAYMAN AND 
CAYMAN BRAC ONLY.

AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS 
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.5 WEST OR ABOUT 90 
MILES...145 KM...EAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA. A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS 
SCHEDULED TO BE IN THE AREA SHORTLY.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR SOUTHEASTERN CUBA
IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY SPREAD ACROSS JAMAICA AND THE SOUTHWESTERN
PENINSULA OF HAITI ON SATURDAY.  THE RAINS COULD CAUSE 
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. 
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...18.0 N... 75.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 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
5 AM EDT.

FORECASTER AVILA 
 
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