000 WTNT35 KNHC 050250 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ODETTE ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 PM EST THU DEC 04 2003 ...ODETTE RE-LOCATED SOMEWHAT TO THE SOUTHEAST...WARNINGS FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC... AT 10 PM EST...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WEST OF SANTO DOMINGO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAITI AND JAMAICA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURK AND CAICOS ISLANDS. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR EASTERN CUBA LATER TONIGHT OR FRIDAY. AT 10 PM EST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ODETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.0 WEST OR ABOUT 295 MILES...475 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA. ODETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF HAITI FRIDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ...185 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE STRONG WINDS OCCURRING OVER THE BAHAMAS ARE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND ODETTE. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF ODETTE. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES... PARTICULARLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF HAITI. RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ODETTE SHOULD BEGIN SPREADING ACROSS JAMAICA AND HISPANIOLA LATER TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 10 PM EST POSITION...14.0 N... 75.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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 1 AM EST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM EST. FORECASTER BEVEN
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