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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN AUG 20 2000
CORRECTION...CHANGE WINDWARD TO LEEWARD ISLANDS
 
...TROPICAL STORM THREATENS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR MONTSERRAT...NEVIS...ST KITTS AND THE
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.  THE GOVERNMENT OF GUADELOUPE HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR GUADELOUPE...MARIE-GALANTE...DESIRADE...LES
SAINTES...ST BART AND ST MARTIN.  A HURRICANE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR
THE U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS.
 
IN SUMMARY...A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SABA...ST
EUSTATIUS AND ST MAARTEN AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
NORTH OF DOMINICA.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  52.9 WEST OR ABOUT 550
MILES...805 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 ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED NEAR  50 MPH... 85
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES ...230 KM
TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...15.4 N... 52.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 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 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
AST...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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