[FLARES] TROPICAL STORM WANDA ADVISORY NUMBER 1

Tue May 18 10:59:45 EDT 2004

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TROPICAL STORM WANDA ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

..DRILL!!!! TROPICAL STORM WANDA FORMS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA... 

THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.

AT 11 AM EDT... 1500 UTC... THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS
ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS... AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE PROVINCES OF
PINAR DEL RIO... HAVANA... CIUDAD HAVANA AND THE ISLE OF YOUTH.

SATELLITE IMAGES AND DATA FROM THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN SEA INDICATE THAT A PERSISTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS BECOME TROPICAL STORM WANDA. AT 11 AM EDT... 1500 UTC... THE CENTER OF WANDA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE  83.5 WEST OR ABOUT 160 MILES... 255 KM... WEST SOUTHWEST OF GRAND CAYMAN.  THIS IS ABOUT 330 MILES... 535 KM... SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HAVANA CUBA.

WANDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH... 13 KM/HR
.. AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TO THE NORTH. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
WANDA COULD REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH IN A DAY OR TWO.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES... 140 KM... 
PRIMARILY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB... 29.59 INCHES.

SQUALLS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHWARD OVER THE
CAYMAN ISLANDS... PORTIONS OF CUBA... AND THE FLORIDA STRAITS TODAY AND TONIGHT AND WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.

ALL INTERESTS IN FLORIDA... ESPECIALLY SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE KEYS...  
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF WANDA.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION... 18.5 N... 83.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD... NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 1002 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
EDT.

AVILA

THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.

For a graphical aprs plot of the Forecast see:
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/ui_cap.png

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