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TROPICAL STORM IRIS ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI OCT 05 2001
 
...IRIS STRENGTHENING...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE
WATCH FOR THE PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO WESTWARD TO CAMAGUEY.

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS UPGRADED THE 
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR JAMAICA TO A HURRICANE WATCH. 
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF
HISPANIOLA FROM BARAHONA IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO ANSE D
HAINAULT HAITI.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
SOUTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM ISLA SAONA TO BARAHONA.
  
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 15.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.5 WEST OR ABOUT 210
MILES...335 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.

IRIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH ...30 KM/HR.  A WEST TO
WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THE
PROJECTED TRACK THE CENTER OF IRIS IS EXPECTED TO PASS CLOSE TO THE
SOUTH COAST OF HISPANIOLA ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...AND IRIS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE ON SATURDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF HISPANIOLA WITHIN THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

OUTER RAINBANDS ARE ALREADY SPREADING OVER HISPANIOLA.  RAINFALL 
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN 
BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF IRIS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...15.8 N... 68.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 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 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM AST...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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