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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST MON AUG 21 2000

...DEBBY CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARD THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...JUST BELOW
HURRICANE STRENGTH...
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS FROM
GUADELOUPE NORTH AND NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE BRITISH AND THE 
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO
RICO...AND ADJACENT ISLANDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
DOMINICA.
 
WATCHES OR WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
LATER TONIGHT.

ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  59.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 165 MILES...265 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ANTIGUA.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL 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 MAY BECOME A HURRICANE
LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 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 5 PM AST POSITION...16.3 N... 59.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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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