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Tropical Storm ODETTE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ODETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM EST SAT DEC 06 2003
 
...ODETTE MOVES INLAND OVER HISPANIOLA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC FROM ISLA SAONA WESTWARD AND FOR HAITI.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
AT 10 PM EST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ODETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.1 WEST OR ABOUT 10
MILES...16 KM...SOUTH OF BARAHONA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
 
ODETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK ODETTE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC AND OVER THE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC ON SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ODDETE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOME OVER LAND TONIGHT AND THEN
STRENGTHEN AGAIN LATER ON SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.

ADDITONAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF
HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN.  THESE RAINS MAY CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND
MUD SLIDES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC OF 2-4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE
AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE EARLY ON
SUNDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM EST POSITION...18.3 N... 71.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 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 LAWRENCE
 
 
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