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Tropical Storm ODETTE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ODETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  11A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 AM EST SUN DEC 07 2003
 
...ODETTE INLAND OVER HISPANIOLA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC FROM ISLA SAONA WESTWARD AND FOR HAITI.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
AT 1 AM EST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ODETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  70.8 WEST OR ABOUT 50
MILES...80 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BARAHONA IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.
 
ODETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ODETTE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC OVERNIGHT AND OVER THE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC THIS MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH... 70 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...MAY OCCUR LOCALLY
OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN.  ODETTE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
DURING ITS PASSAGE OVER LAND OVERNIGHT AND THEN RE-STRENGTHEN LATER
TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
ADDITONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER
HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER HAITI. THESE
RAINS MAY CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC OF 2-4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE
AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...SHOULD BE SUBSIDING EARLY THIS
MORNING.
 
REPEATING THE 1 AM EST POSITION...18.8 N... 70.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 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 4 AM EST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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