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HURRICANE LENNY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  22A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST THU NOV 18 1999

...LENNY BATTERING ST. MAARTEN...ANGUILLA...AND ST. BARTHELEMY...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DUTCH ST. MAARTEN...
FRENCH ST. MARTIN...ST.BARTHELEMEY...ANGUILLA...SABA...ST.
EUSTATIUS ...ST.KITTS...NEVIS...MONTSERRAT...ANTIGUA...AND
BARBUDA.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE LENNY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 18.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  63.1 WEST...OR JUST NORTHWEST OF
ST. MAARTEN.
 
LENNY HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...BUT A SLOW
NORTHEASTWARD MOTION SHOULD RESUME LATER TONIGHT.  OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
ISLANDS OF ST. MAARTEN...ANGUILLA...AND ST. BARTHELEMY.  A PORTION
OF THE EYE OF LENNY PASSED OVER ST. MAARTEN...AND WINDS OF 100 MPH
WERE RECENTLY REPORTED THERE BY THE SHIP CAIT NAMARO IN SIMPSONS
BAY.
  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SUSTAINED WINDS STRONGER THAN 115 MPH COULD BE EXPERIENCED
IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS.  SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS LIKELY OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT LENNY WILL REMAIN A DANGEROUS HURRICANE.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 975 MB...28.79 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS...ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HURRICANE.  THESE
RAINS CAN PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 8 FT ABOVE NORMAL...ACCOMPANIED BY
DANGEROUS LARGE BATTERING WAVES...IS EXPECTED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE
HURRICANE.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...18.1 N... 63.1 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FRANKLIN
 
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