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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON AUG 21 2000
CORRECTION...ADD WARNING STATEMENT FOR DOMINICA
 
...DEBBY NEARING NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...
...THREATENS TO STRENGTHEN...

HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS FROM
GUADELOUPE NORTH AND NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE BRITISH AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO AND ITS SURROUNDING ISLANDS.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOMINICA.
 
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM
PUNTA PALENQUE TO CABRERA.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
HAITI NORTH OF PORT AU PRINCE.
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS WILL ISSUE A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR
THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AT MIDNIGHT.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  61.0 WEST OR ABOUT 55
MILES...90 KM...EAST OF ANTIGUA.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TUESDAY.  THIS MOTION
WILL MOVE DEBBY DIRECTLY OVER THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DEBBY IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE ON TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES ...280 KM
...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS RECENTLY FALLEN TO 996 MB
...29.41 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED
AREAS.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...HIGHER OVER MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...
ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. 
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...17.2 N... 61.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 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...TUESDAY.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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