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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT THU AUG 24 2000

...CORRECT CUBA PROVINCES UNDER WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
 
...DEBBY BARELY HANGING ON AS A TROPICAL STORM...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA
FOR THE PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO...HOLGUIN...AND LAS TUNAS...BUT WILL
LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.  TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE
RECOMMENDED FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF GRANMA
AND SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES
OF CAMAGUEY...AND CIEGO DE AVILA.  THIS WATCH COULD BE SHIFTED
WESTWARD LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS WILL
BE DISCONTINUED AT 6 AM AST.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
DEBBY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 25 MILES...40 KM...SOUTH OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA IN
SOUTHEASTERN CUBA.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FURTHER WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE...AND DEBBY MAY BE DOWNGRADED
TO A DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 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.  HEAVY RAINS ARE
CURRENTLY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI...
AND ARE SPREADING INTO EASTERN CUBA.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...19.6 N... 75.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 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 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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