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ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HARVEY ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 PM EDT MON SEP 20 1999 ...HEAVY RAINS SPREADING INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA... AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW 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 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. AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HARVEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 110 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA. HARVEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON TUESDAY. 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 995 MB...29.38 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 11 PM EDT POSITION...27.1 N... 84.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM EDT...TUESDAY. GUINEY STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC. NNNN