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HURRICANE DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE AUG 22 2000

...CORRECTED ADVISORY NUMBER TO 13...

...CENTER OF DEBBY PASSING NORTH OF PUERTO RICO...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS...THE
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS...AND FOR THE NORTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.
 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO AND ITS SURROUNDING ISLANDS IS CHANGED TO 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.  ALSO AT 5 PM AST...A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HAITI NORTH OF PORT AU PRINCE.  A
HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA OF HAITI.

THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE NORTH COAST
OF CUBA THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO...
HOLGUIN...AND LAS TUNAS.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR ALL ISLANDS EAST OF THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEBBY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  66.1 WEST OR ABOUT  45 MILES...
70 KM...NORTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH ...33 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF DEBBY WILL BE PASSING JUST NORTH OF THE NORTH
COAST OF HISPANIOLA AND APPROACHING THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS...
AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. 
SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 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...AND AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES OVER
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS...ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD
SLIDES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...19.1 N... 66.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 PM AST AND 9 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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