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

...ISIDORE CONTINUES TOWARD WESTERN CUBA....
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS 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 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.0 WEST OR ABOUT 45
MILES...75 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN.

ISIDORE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH
...16 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 ARE 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 8 AM EDT POSITION...20.0 N... 81.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
  
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