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TROPICAL STORM FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU SEP 09 1999

...FLOYD STRENTHENING...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ISSUED FOR PORTIONS
OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
 
AT 5PM AST...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
FOLLOWING CARIBBEAN ISLANDS BY THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS...
ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ANGUILLA...AND DUTCH SAINT MAARTEN...AND AT 6PM
AST...2200Z...FOR FRENCH SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT BARTHELEMY.
 
ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF FLOYD.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.9 WEST OR ABOUT 320
MILES...515 KM...EAST OF BARBUDA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH
...24 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FLOYD IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED THE
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE TO BE 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...18.2 N... 56.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
AST.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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