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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST MON AUG 21 2000

...DEBBY CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARD THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...JUST BELOW
HURRICANE STRENGTH...
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS FROM
GUADELOUPE NORTH AND NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS.  ALSO...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND A  TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH
ARE IN EFFECT FOR DOMINICA.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR PUERTO RICO AND MAY BE UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE WARNING LATER
TODAY.
 
ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.

AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY IS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.5 WEST OR ABOUT 200
MILES...325 KM...EAST OF GUADELOUPE.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 22 MPH ...35 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.  STRONGEST WINDS
ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND DEBBY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
WAS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS POSSIBLE IN THE HURRICANE WARNING
AREA.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LARGER AMOUNTS OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN...ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH DEBBY.  THESE RAINS COULD
PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...16.0 N... 58.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD... WEST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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