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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST MON AUG 21 2000
 
...DEBBY MOVING A LITTLE FASTER TOWARD THE LEEWARD ISLANDS....
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SABA...ST EUSTATIUS...
ST MAARTEN...PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
NORTH OF DOMINICA.  WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF
THE LEEWARD ISLANDS LATER TODAY.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  55.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
400 MILES... 645 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH
...30 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...15.7 N... 55.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 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 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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