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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN AUG 20 2000

...CORRECTED INITIAL INTENSITY TO 45 MPH AND 75 KM/HR...

...TROPICAL STORM DEBBY BECOMING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES HAS
ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR ST. MAARTEN...SABA...AND ST. EUSTATIUS.
THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR
ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND ANGUILLA...BUT THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY
BE UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE WATCH LATER TONIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING.
 
ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 645 MILES...1045 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
DEBBY COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATE MONDAY OR ON TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...15.2 N... 51.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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