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TROPICAL STORM LILI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  32A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT SUN SEP 29 2002

...LILI GETTING STRONGER WHILE MEANDERING NEAR THE NORTHWESTERN 
COAST OF JAMAICA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW EXTENDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE 
CAYMAN ISLANDS. 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES
OF CAMAGUEY...LAS TUNAS...GRANMA...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...
GUANTANAMO... AND HOLGUIN.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF MATANZAS...CIENFUEGOS...VILLA
CLARA...SANCTI SPIRITUS AND CIEGO DE AVILA.
 
AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.6 WEST OR ABOUT
25 MILES...40 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA.
 
LILI HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE 
WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT OR MONDAY. THERE MAY BE 
SOME ERRATIC MOTION UNTIL LILI MOVES AWAY FROM JAMAICA LATER 
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  55 MPH... 90 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM...MAINLY NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS JAMAICA AND GRADUALLY SPREAD OVER 
PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUBA LATER TODAY.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE 
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES.  SEVERE FLOODING AND 
MUD SLIDES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS JAMAICA.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...18.7 N... 77.6 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 55 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 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 STEWART
 
 
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