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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON AUG 21 2000

...DEBBY MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...NEAR HURRICANE
STRENGTH...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENTS OF FRANCE...ANTIGUA...AND
THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES HAVE ISSUED HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR THEIR
RESPECTIVE ISLANDS EXTENDING FROM GUADELOUPE NORTH AND NORTHWESTWARD
THROUGH THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.  ALSO AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND
THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR DOMINICA.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR PUERTO RICO...AND MAY BE UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE WARNING LATER
TODAY.
 
ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 280 MILES...455 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 22 MPH ...35 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.  STRONGEST WINDS
ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND DEBBY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
WAS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS POSSIBLE IN THE HURRICANE WARNING
AREA.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LARGER AMOUNTS OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN...ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH DEBBY.  THESE RAINS COULD
PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...15.7 N... 57.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD... WEST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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