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TROPICAL STORM IRIS ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT OCT 06 2001
 
...TROPICAL STORM IRIS APPROACHING THE SOUTH COAST OF HAITI 
...HEADING TOWARD JAMAICA...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WARNING FOR JAMAICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED
A HURRICANE WARNING FOR EASTERN CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF GRANMA
...SANTIAGO DE CUBA AND GUANTANAMO.  ALSO...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM BARAHONA TO LA BEATA...AND ALONG THE SOUTH
COAST OF HAITI FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER TO ANSE 
D HAINAULT.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
SOUTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM PUNTA PALENQUE TO
BARAHONA.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CUBA FOR THE
PROVINCES OF LAS TUNAS AND CAMAGUEY.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 71.2 WEST OR ABOUT 65
MILES...105 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CABO BEATA IN THE BARAHONA
PENINSULA...DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

IRIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR.
ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF IRIS WILL BE PASSING CLOSE THE SOUTH
COAST OF HAITI TODAY AND WILL BE NEAR JAMAICA EARLY SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  IRIS COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE 
WAS 998 MB...29.47 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 TODAY.

OUTER RAINBANDS ARE 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 AM AST POSITION...16.7 N... 71.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 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 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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