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Tropical Storm Franklin Intermediate Advisory Number 3A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL082023
800 AM AST Mon Aug 21 2023
 
...FRANKLIN EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWARD TOWARDS HISPANIOLA 
TOMORROW...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS...
 
SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...15.1N 69.6W
ABOUT 235 MI...380 KM S OF SANTO DOMINGO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB...29.50 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
 
The government of the Bahamas has issued a Tropical Storm 
Watch for the Turks and Caicos Islands. 
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
 
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Dominican Republic entire south coast from Haiti border eastward
to Isla Saona
* Haiti entire south coast from Anse d'Hainault eastward to the
Dominican Republic border
 
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* Dominican Republic entire north and east coast from the Haiti
border eastward and southward to Isla Saona
* Turks and Caicos Islands
 
A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are
expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours.
 
A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are
possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours.
 
Interests elsewhere in Haiti and the Dominican Republic should
monitor the progress of this system.
 
For storm information specific to your area, please monitor
products issued by your national meteorological service.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 800 AM AST (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Franklin was
located near latitude 15.1 North, longitude 69.6 West. Franklin is
moving toward the west near 12 mph (19 km/h).  A westward to
west-northwestward track is expected to continue today.  A sharp
turn to the north is expected tonight or early Tuesday, and a
generally northward motion is expected on Tuesday.  On the forecast
track, the center of Franklin is forecast to reach the southern
coast of Hispaniola late Tuesday or Tuesday night.
 
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher
gusts. Some strengthening is forecast before Franklin reaches
Hispaniola.
 
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles (95 km)
from the center.
 
The estimated minimum central pressure is 999 mb (29.50 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 expected to produce rainfall amounts of 2 to
4 inches, with isolated higher amounts of 6 inches, across Puerto
Rico through the middle of the week. Rainfall amounts of 5 to 10
inches, with isolated higher amounts up to 15 inches, will be
possible across portions of Hispaniola.
 
WIND:  Tropical storm conditions are expected to begin within the
warning area on Tuesday and are possible within the watch area
beginning late Tuesday into Wednesday. 
 
STORM SURGE: A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 1
to 3 feet above ground level along the immediate coast near and to
the east of where the center makes landfall in Hispaniola.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next complete advisory at 1100 AM AST.
 
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Forecaster Papin
 
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