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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST MON AUG 21 2000

...DEBBY HEADS TOWARD LEEWARD ISLANDS...
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS FROM
GUADELOUPE NORTH AND WESTWARD THROUGH THE BRITISH AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO AND ADJACENT ISLANDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
DOMINICA.
 
AT 7 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.2 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES
...185 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ANTIGUA.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL 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.  STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND DEBBY MAY BECOME A HURRICANE
LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 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 8 PM AST POSITION...16.4 N... 60.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 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 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
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