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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT THU SEP 19 2002

...ISIDORE STRENGTHENING...HEADED FOR WESTERN CUBA....
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS DISCONTINUED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR JAMAICA.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN CUBA FOR
THE PROVINCES OF CIENFUEGOS...VILLA CLARA...MATANZAS...CIUDAD DE LA
HABANA...LA HABANA AND PINAR DEL RIO...INCLUDING THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SANCTI-SPIRITUS AND CIEGO DE
AVILA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
ISIDORE WAS LOCATED BY A HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 
NORTH...LONGITUDE  80.8 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES...105 KM...NORTHEAST OF 
GRAND CAYMAN.
 
ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND A WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT ABOUT 
THE SAME SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS 
TRACK...ISIDORE WILL BE APPROACHING WESTERN CUBA LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND ISIDORE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE REPORTED THAT THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 
IS NOW  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.

RAINS ARE DIMINISHING OVER JAMAICA....HOWEVER HEAVY RAINS SHOULD
SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN CUBA TODAY...AND OUTER
RAINBANDS COULD AFFECT THE FLORIDA KEYS LATE TODAY.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...20.0 N... 80.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 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 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
  
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