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HURRICANE IRIS ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN OCT 07 2001

...IRIS CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE COAST OF BELIZE.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THEIR CARIBBEAN
COASTLINE.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MEXICAN EAST COAST OF
THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CABO CATOCHE SOUTHWARD TO THE BELIZE
BORDER.  A HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF HONDURAS FROM LIMON WESTWARD TO THE
BELIZE BORDER INCLUDING ADJACENT ISLANDS.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.  THIS
WARNING WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRIS WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  81.3 WEST OR ABOUT 135 MILES...220  
KM...SPUTH OF GRAND CAYMAN.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 460 
MILES...745 KM...EAST OF BELIZE CITY BELIZE.
 
IRIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH ...32 KM/HR...AND THIS 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THE HURRICANE INLAND OVER NORTHERN 
CENTRAL AMERICA IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  90 MPH...150 
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST 
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...17.3 N... 81.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
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...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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