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TROPICAL STORM LILI ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 24 2002

...LILI SLOWING DOWN OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTS OF
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI FROM PUNTA PALENQUE WESTWARD
TO TIBURON ON THE WESTERN TIP OF THE TIBURON PENINSULA OF HAITI.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR HAITI LATER TONIGHT OR
WEDNESDAY.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  66.6 WEST OR 
ABOUT 415 MILES...670 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND 
THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD 
THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS AND LILI COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES
...205 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...13.4 N... 66.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 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 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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