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

...LILI DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD AND STILL ORGANIZING...

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.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CAYMAN BRAC AND LITTLE
CAYMAN.

AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS LOCATED
BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 18.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.6 WEST OR ABOUT 110 MILES...180 KM...
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA.

LILI HAS DRIFTED IN A GENERALLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD DIRECTION OVER 
THE PAST FEW HOURS.  A SLOW NORTH-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWESTWARD MOTION 
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS WOULD BRING THE CENTER 
NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF EASTERN CUBA LATE TONIGHT.

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 AIR FORCE PLANE REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1003 
MB...29.62 INCHES.

HEAVY RAINS ARE SPREADING ACROSS PORTIONS OF HISPANIOLA...AND ARE
LIKELY TO SPREAD ACROSS JAMAICA AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUBA DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES

REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...18.4 N... 75.6 W.  MOVEMENT...
DRIFTING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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 EDT.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
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