TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT STATEMENT

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TROPICAL STORM ANDREA ALERT STATEMENT
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
2:09 PM ECT WED, JUN 12, 2013

THIS IS FOR ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

...TROPICAL STORM ANDREA HAS ENTERED THE MONITORED AREA...

AT ...AM/PM ECT OR ....Z THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 NORTH,LONGITUDE 41.0 WEST OR ABOUT .... MILES EAST OF

TROPICAL STORM ANDREA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS FORECAST TONIGHT BUT GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT DAY OF TWO.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE CENTRE.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB OR 29.53 INCHES.

ON ITS PRESENT TRACK, THE SYSTEM WILL BE NEAR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS IN FOUR DAYS. HENCE, A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SOME OF THE ISLANDS IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. RESIDENTS SHOULD COMPLETE THEIR HURRICANE PLANS AND BE PREPARED TO START TO IMPLEMENT THEM.

ALL RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF ANDREA CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO ACT.

REPEATING THE 5 PM ECT POSITION, 15.0 N, 41.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE AT .. PM ECT E.T.C

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FORECASTER KEITHLEY MEADE