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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT THU AUG 24 2000
 
...DEBBY DETERIORATES INTO OPEN TROPICAL WAVE.

ALL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FOR CUBA.
HEAVY RAINS THREATEN HAITI...EASTERN CUBA AND JAMAICA.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS
UNABLE TO LOCATE A CLOSED CIRCULATION OVER AN AREA BETWEEN EASTERN
CUBA AND JAMAICA.  
 
DEBBY IS AN OPEN TROPICAL WAVE MOVING WESTWARD ABOUT 20 MPH...32
KM/HR.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...64 KPH...OVER THE
WATERS BETWEEN EASTERN CUBA AND JAMAICA WITHIN AN AREA OF HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS.  THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE REMNANTS OF DEBBY
COULD MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND RESTRENGTHEN
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES AND AS HIGH AS 10 TO 15 INCHES OVER
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ARE STILL ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF DEBBY. 
THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES
OVER PORTIONS OF HAITI...EASTERN CUBA AND JAMAICA.  THIS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CAYMAN ISLANDS LATER TODAY.
  
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
  
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