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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  16A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST WED AUG 23 2000

...CORRECTION TO SUSTAINED WIND PARAGRAPH...

...DEBBY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF THE 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA FOR THE
PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO...HOLGUIN...AND LAS TUNAS.  A HURRICANE
WARNING ALSO IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS...
THE TURKS AND CAICOS 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.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA FOR THE
PROVINCES OF CAMAGUAY AND CIEGO DE AVILA...AND ALONG THE SOUTH COAST
OF CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA AND GRANMA...AND ALSO 
FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HAITI NORTH OF PORT AU
PRINCE.  AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR THIS AREA HAS
BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.5 WEST
OR NEAR MONTE CRISTI IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.  THIS IS ALSO ABOUT
45 MILES...70 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAP HAITIEN HAITI.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...110 KM/HR...MAINLY IN
SQUALLS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  DEBBY HAS BEEN DISRUPTED BY THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF HISPANIOLA...AND ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  HOWEVER...SOME STRENGTHENING IS STILL POSSIBLE
THEREAFTER.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
  
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING
AREAS.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES AND AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES OVER
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DEBBY.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...20.0 N... 71.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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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