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Tropical Storm Franklin Advisory Number  14
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL082023
1100 PM EDT Wed Aug 23 2023
 
...FRANKLIN STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE DOMINICAN 
REPUBLIC...
...FLASH FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES OVERNIGHT...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...21.2N 70.4W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM ESE OF GRAND TURK ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
 
None.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
 
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Dominican Republic south coast from Punta Palenque eastward
to Cabo Engano
* Dominican Republic entire north coast from Haiti border eastward
to Cabo Engano
* Turks and Caicos Islands
 
A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are
expected somewhere within the warning area.
 
For storm information specific to your area, please monitor
products issued by your national meteorological service.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 1100 PM EDT (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Franklin was
located by an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft near 
latitude 21.2 North, longitude 70.4 West. Franklin is moving toward 
the north-northeast near 13 mph (20 km/h). A turn to the northeast 
and then east-northeast with a decrease in forward speed is 
forecast on Thursday and Friday.  On the forecast track, the center 
of Franklin will continue to move farther away from the Dominican 
Republic and then move over the southwestern Atlantic into the 
weekend.
 
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 45 mph (75 km/h)
with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast during the next
several days, and Franklin could be near hurricane strength over the
southwestern Atlantic by Saturday.
 
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles (150 km), 
primarily east of the center.
 
The estimated minimum central pressure from dropsonde data is 1002 
mb (29.59 inches).
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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Key messages for Franklin can be found in the Tropical Cyclone
Discussion under AWIPS header MIATCDAT3 and WMO header WTNT43 KNHC
and on the web at hurricanes.gov/text/MIATCDAT3.shtml.
 
RAINFALL:  Franklin is forecast to produce the following rainfall
totals through Thursday:
 
Hispaniola: Additional 1-3 inches.
 
Turks and Caicos: 1 to 3 inches, mainly across the eastern islands.
 
Puerto Rico: Up to an inch in western portions.
 
WIND:  Tropical storm conditions, primarily in gusts, are 
expected to occur in portions of the Dominican Republic and Turks 
and Caicos Islands overnight.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next intermediate advisory at 200 AM EDT.
Next complete advisory at 500 AM EDT.
 
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Forecaster Blake
 
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