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TROPICAL STORM IRIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST SAT OCT 06 2001
 
...IRIS CONTINUING WESTWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...

AT 2 AM AST...0600 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM EAST OF PUNTA
PALENQUE TO ISLA SAONA.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM BARAHONA TO LA BEATA.  A HURRICANE
WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH COAST OF HAITI FROM THE
HAITI-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 JAMAICA...AND FOR EASTERN
CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES GUANTANAMO WESTWARD TO CAMAGUEY.
  
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.0 WEST OR ABOUT 180
MILES...290 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.

IRIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 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 LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 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.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE 
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1002 MB...29.59 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 2 AM AST POSITION...16.0 N... 69.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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