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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED AUG 23 2000

...DEBBY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF HISPANIOLA...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS REPLACED THE
HURRICANE WARNING WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTH COAST
OF CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO...HOLGUIN...AND LAS TUNAS.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS REPLACED THE
HURRICANE WARNING WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS...AND FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS REPLACED THE
HURRICANE WATCH WITH A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTH COAST OF
CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF CAMAGUEY AND CIEGO DE AVILA...AND ALONG
THE SOUTH COAST OF CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA AND
GRANMA.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
HAITI NORTH OF PORT AU PRINCE.  THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR THIS AREA
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
FOR THE NORTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS DISCONTINUED
THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.
 
SATELLITE IMAGES AND DATA FROM A RECONNAIISANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT
THE CENTER OF DEBBY HAS BECOME DISORGANIZED AND AT 5 PM AST...
2100Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.3 WEST NEAR CAP
HAITIEN ON THE NORTH COAST OF HAITI.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH ...30 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS
TRACK THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF DEBBY WILL BE MOVING OVER THE
HIGH TERRAIN OF EASTERN CUBA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST WHILE DEBBY MOVES OVER HAITI AND CUBA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES...240 KM
TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 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 TO 15 INCHES OVER
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DEBBY.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.  BANDS OF HEAVY
RAIN ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND
WILL BE SPREADING INTO HAITI TONIGHT AND EASTERN CUBA ON THURSDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...20.0 N... 72.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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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