LILI MOVING SLOWLY 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 28, 2002 — At 11 p.m. EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Lili was located near latitude 19.0 north, longitude 76.4 west or about 105 miles southwest of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Lili is moving toward the northwest near 6 mph, and this motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. On this track, the center will move very near southeastern Cuba on Sunday, 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. 28, 2002. Click here to see latest view. Please credit “NOAA.”)

Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 70 miles mainly northeast of the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1000 mb, 29.53 inches.

Heavy rains may spread across portions of Hispaniola, Jamaica and eastern Cuba during the next 24 hours. These rains could cause life-threatening flash flooding.

A tropical storm warning remains in effect for Jamaica. The government of Cuba extended tropical storm watches and warnings westward as of 11 p.m. EDT. A tropical storm warning is now in effect for the provinces of Camaguey, Las Tunas, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo and Holguin. A tropical storm watch is now in effect for the provinces of Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus and Ciego de Avila. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.

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