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ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LENNY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 26A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 PM AST FRI NOV 19 1999 ...LENNY LINGERS OVER LEEWARD ISLANDS... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MONTSERRAT...ANTIGUA... AND BARBUDA. ELSEWHERE IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...ALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LENNY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 61.9 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES...33 KM...NORTHWEST OF ANTIGUA. LENNY IS DRIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD...4 MPH...67 KM/HR...OR LESS...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...IN A SMALL AREA NEAR THE CENTER...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED A FEW HOURS AGO BY A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS...MAY OCCUR IN ASSOCIATION WITH LENNY. THESE RAINS CAN PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL...ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS LARGE BATTERING WAVES...IS EXPECTED NEAR WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE BLOWING ONSHORE. REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...17.4 N... 61.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NEAR 4 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST. LAWRENCE NNNN