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TROPICAL STORM LILI ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST TUE SEP 24 2002

...LILI GETTING STRONGER OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS
ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THEIR SOUTHERN COAST FROM PUNTA
PALENQUE...LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF SANTO DOMINGO...WESTWARD TO THE
HAITI BORDER.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR HAITI LATER TODAY.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  65.6 WEST OR 
ABOUT 455 MILES...735 KM...SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND 
THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD 
THE WEST-NORTHWEST EXPECTED BY TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
LILI COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES
...205 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...13.2 N... 65.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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