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TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002
 
...ISIDORE SOAKING JAMAICA...BEGINNING TO STRENGTHEN...

AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS 
EXTENDED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING TO INCLUDE GRAND CAYMAN.  A 
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CAYMAN 
ISLANDS.   

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CUBA...FROM THE
PROVINCES OF VILLA CLARA AND CIENFUEGOS WESTWARD...AND INCLUDING THE
ISLE OF YOUTH.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
 
AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.9 WEST OR ABOUT 35
MILES ...50 KM...WEST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF JAMAICA.  THIS
POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 175 MILES ...285 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND
CAYMAN.

ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH
...11 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.  EVEN THOUGH THE CENTER OF ISIDORE WILL BE MOVING AWAY 
FROM JAMAICA THIS AFTERNOON...CONDITIONS THERE WILL BE SLOW TO 
IMPROVE SINCE MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS ARE LOCATED TO THE 
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 80 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ISIDORE IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM ...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.  A NEW 
AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WILL BE REACHING 
THE CENTER OF ISIDORE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. 
 
HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER JAMAICA DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.  HEAVY RAINS ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...18.2 N... 78.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 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 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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