LILI MOVING SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHWEST

(See NOAA's National Hurricane Center for the latest information on this storm. Complete advisories are posted at 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. All times are Eastern. Advisories are posted more frequently as the storm nears the USA mainland.)

September 27, 2002 — At 11 p.m. EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Lili was located near latitude 17.7 north, longitude 75.2 west or about 110 miles east of Kingston, Jamaica. Lili is moving toward the north-northwest near 8 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. On this track, the storm will move near southeastern Cuba in the next 24 hours, according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Tropical Storm Lili taken at 11:15 p.m. EDT on Sept. 27, 2002. Click here to see latest view. Please credit “NOAA.”)

Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast on Saturday. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 85 miles from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 999 mb, 29.50 inches.

Bands of heavy rain may spread across Jamaica and the southwestern peninsula of Haiti on Saturday. The rains could cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides.

A tropical storm warning remains in effect for Jamaica. Tropical storm conditions will likely occur on the southwestern peninsula of Haiti through Saturday. The government of Cuba issued a tropical storm warning for the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo and Holguin as of 11 p.m. EDT. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for the provinces of Las Tunas and Camaguey. The government of the Cayman Islands issued a tropical storm watch for the Cayman Islands.

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