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Tropical Storm BERTHA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM BERTHA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10A...UPDATED
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL032014
800 AM EDT SUN AUG 03 2014

UPDATED TO SHOW DISCONTINUED TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

...BERTHA NEAR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS...
...HEAVY RAINFALL STILL A THREAT FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...


SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...21.5N 71.8W
ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM W OF GRAND TURK ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB...29.89 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS DISCONTINUED THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ACKLINS...CROOKED
ISLAND...LONG CAY...THE INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...AND THE RAGGED ISLANDS
* THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG
ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.



DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.8 WEST. BERTHA IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/H...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED BY TONIGHT
AND EARLY MONDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BERTHA WILL
MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND MOVE EAST OF THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS LATE TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY.  STRENGTHENING
IS FORECAST TO BEGIN ON MONDAY.

TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...260
KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1012 MB...29.89 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN THE WARNING AREA
LATER THIS MORNING.  TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA IN THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY LATER
TODAY.

RAINFALL...BERTHA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AS WELL THE TURKS AND CAICOS THROUGH
MONDAY.


NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM EDT.

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FORECASTER PASCH

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