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HURRICANE DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE AUG 22 2000

...COR TO ADD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY... 

...DEBBY EXPECTED TO SKIRT THE NORTH COAST OF HISPANIOLA...
 
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.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA FOR THE
PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO...HOLGUIN...AND LAS TUNAS AND PROBABLY BE
EXTENDED WESTWARD ON WEDNESDAY.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT OR HAITI
NORTH OF PORT AU PRINCE.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR PUERTO RICO AND
ITS SURROUNDING ISLANDS AND FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEBBY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  67.5 WEST OR ABOUT 270
MILES...435 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND TURK.
 
DEBBY HAS BEEN MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST DURING THE
PAST FEW HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK NEAR
18 MPH...30 KM/HR WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON
WEDNESDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST WHILE
DEBBY IS NORTH OF HISPANIOLA.
 
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  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING
AREAS.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES AND AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES OVER
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DEBBY.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...19.4 N... 67.5 W.  MOVEMENT
BETWEEN WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 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 5 AM AST
...WEDNESDAY 

FORECASTER AVILA
  
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