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ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HARVEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 PM EDT MON SEP 20 1999 ...CORRECTION TO ADD CENTRAL PRESSURE... ...HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA... AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND AND THE ABACOS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM BONITA BEACH TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY NORTHWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HARVEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.8 WEST OR ABOUT 140 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA. HARVEY IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...AND UP TO 8 FEET AT THE HEADS OF BAYS...ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF HARVEY. SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES FOR FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...27.2 N... 84.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. GUINEY NNNN