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TROPICAL STORM HARVEY ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT MON SEP 20 1999

...HARVEY HEADED FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE
WATCH ARE ISSUED FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM BONITA BEACH TO THE
MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM NORTH OF JUPITER INLET NORTHWARD TO JUST
SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HARVEY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  85.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 205 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA.
 
HARVEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...AND
UP TO 8 FEET AT THE HEADS OF BAYS...ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE
SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. 
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE LIKELY ALONG
THE PATH OF HARVEY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...27.1 N... 85.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
EDT.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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