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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 17A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2000

...DEBBY ABOUT TO MOVE OVER THE WINDWARD PASSAGE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA
FOR THE PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO...HOLGUIN...AND LAS TUNAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS...AND FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA FOR
THE PROVINCES OF CAMAGUEY AND CIEGO DE AVILA...AND ALONG THE SOUTH
COAST OF CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA AND GRANMA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAITI NORTH OF PORT
AU PRINCE.  
 
SATELLITE IMAGES AND EARLIER DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
INDICATE THAT AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CIRCULATION
CENTER OF DEBBY WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
73.5...JUST OVER THE NORTHWESTERN TIP OF HAITI.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH ...30 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS
TRACK THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF DEBBY WILL BE MOVING OVER OR NEAR
THE HIGH TERRAIN OF EASTERN CUBA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST WHILE DEBBY MOVES OVER CUBA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES...240 KM
TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING
AREAS.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES AND AS HIGH AS 10 TO 15 INCHES OVER
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DEBBY.  THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES.  BANDS OF HEAVY
RAIN ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND
WILL BE SPREADING INTO HAITI TONIGHT AND EASTERN CUBA ON THURSDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...19.9 N... 73.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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