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ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HARVEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 2 AM EDT TUE SEP 21 1999 ...CENTER OF HARVEY POORLY DEFINED... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO BOCA RATON. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BOCA RATON TO FLORIDA CITY...AND FOR GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND AND THE ABACOS IN THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER...INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM BONITA BEACH TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER. AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HARVEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.0 WEST OR ABOUT 120 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA. THE CENTER OF HARVEY IS NOT WELL DEFINED. HOWEVER...OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS HARVEY HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. A MOTION TOWARD THE EAST OR EAST-SOUTHEAST IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 997 MB...29.44 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. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE 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 SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...26.6 N... 84.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...SOUTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT. FRANKLIN NNNN