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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED AUG 23 2000

...DEBBY NOW A TROPICAL STORM...BUT EXPECTED TO REGAIN HURRICANE
STRENGTH...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
WARNING FOR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF
GUANTANAMO...HOLGUIN...AND LAS TUNAS.
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND 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 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
WATCH FOR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF CAMAGUAY AND
CIEGO DE AVILA...AND ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES
OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA AND GRANMA.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT OR
HAITI NORTH OF PORT AU PRINCE.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  70.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 30 MILES...48 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF PUERTO PLATA IN THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.  THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 155 MILES...250 KM...
SOUTHEAST OF GRAND TURK ISLAND.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...BUT IS
EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DEBBY HAS BEEN DISRUPTED BY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
HISPANIOLA...BUT IS FORECAST TO REGAIN HURRICANE STRENGTH ONCE IT
MOVES AWAY FROM LAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 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 AM AST POSITION...19.9 N... 70.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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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