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HURRICANE DEBBY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  11A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST TUE AUG 22 2000

...CORRECTION TO POSITION COORDINATES IN REPEAT SECTION...
 
...DEBBY MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND HEADING
TOWARD THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...

A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS...AND FOR NORTHERN HAITI NORTH OF PORT AU
PRINCE.
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS FROM
ANGUILLA AND ST. EUSTATIUS WESTWARD THROUGH THE BRITISH AND THE 
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO AND ITS SURROUNDING ISLANDS...
AND FOR THE NORTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...
ST. KITTS...NEVIS...MONTSERRAT...AND GUADELOUPE.

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR DOMINICA.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEBBY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  63.5 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES...105
KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER HIGH TERRAIN.  SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.  WIND GUSTS TO 76 MPH HAVE OCCURRED AT ST.
BARTHELEMY AND TO 60 MPH AT ST. MARTIN DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.
 
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
OF  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED
AREAS.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...HIGHER OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...
ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...18.2 N... 63.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 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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