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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  19A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT THU AUG 24 2000

...DEBBY BARELY HANGING ON AS A TROPICAL STORM...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA
FOR THE PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO...HOLGUIN...AND LAS TUNAS...BUT WILL
LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.  TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE
RECOMMENDED FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF GRANMA
AND SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES
OF CAMAGUEY...AND CIEGO DE AVILA.  THIS WATCH COULD BE SHIFTED
WESTWARD LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS WERE
DISCONTINUED AT 6 AM AST.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
DEBBY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 135 MILES...215 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA IN
SOUTHEASTERN CUBA.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DEBBY APPEARS TO BE FURTHER WEAKENING...AND DEBBY MAY BE
DOWNGRADED TO A DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.
 
THERE IS STILL A RISK  OF STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...OVER PORTIONS
OF THE WARNING AREAS.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES AND AS HIGH AS 10 TO 15 INCHES OVER
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ARE STILL ASSOCIATED WITH DEBBY.  THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.  HEAVY
RAINS ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...HAITI...
AND EASTERN CUBA.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...19.5 N... 77.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 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 EDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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