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TROPICAL STORM DEAN ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED AUG 22 2001

...DEAN RACING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...SQUALLY WEATHER OVER THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
INCLUDING ACKLINS ISLAND...CROOKED ISLAND...THE INAGUAS...
MAYAGUANA...AND THE RAGGED ISLANDS...AS WELL AS FOR THE TURKS AND
CAICOS ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG ISLAND...RUM
CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  66.7 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES...
135 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
 
DEAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR... 
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME DECREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING
THE CENTER OF DEAN NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND TURKS AND
CAICOS ISLANDS ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
RAINBANDS TRAILING DEAN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
AND WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN SQUALLS OVER THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO THROUGH TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS MAY OCCUR OVER PUERTO RICO...
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND THE ADJACENT WATERS TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...19.5 N... 66.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 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 BEVEN
 
 
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