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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST MON AUG 21 2000
 
...DEBBY STEADILY MARCHING TOWARD THE LEEWARD ISLANDS....

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO
RICO.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SABA...ST EUSTATIUS...ST
MAARTEN...PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
NORTH OF DOMINICA.  WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF
THE LEEWARD ISLANDS LATER TODAY.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.7 WEST OR ABOUT 445
MILES...715 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 TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 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 FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...15.6 N... 54.7 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 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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