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TROPICAL STORM LILI ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002

...LILI REGAINS TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...RE-LOCATED TO THE EAST...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.  A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF HAITI...THE CAYMAN
ISLANDS...AND CUBA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LILI.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE 
THAT LILI HAS AGAIN BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AND IS CENTERED EAST
OF THE POSITION FROM THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.8 WEST OR ABOUT
170 MILES...275 KM...SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR... 
AND A SLOW NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF LILI NEAR OR OVER 
JAMAICA ON SATURDAY.  SOME ERRATIC MOTION COULD OCCUR TODAY AS THE 
STORM ORGANIZES.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER 
IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY TO NEAR 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE...MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HAITI TODAY.
BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS JAMAICA TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...16.3 N... 74.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM 
EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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