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HURRICANE MATTHEW ADVISORY NUMBER  15

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142016

500 PM EDT SAT OCT 01 2016



...HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR JAMAICA AND MUCH OF HAITI...

...MATTHEW EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING RAINFALL TO PORTIONS

OF HAITI...





SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...13.5N 73.4W

ABOUT 360 MI...580 KM SSW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI

ABOUT 385 MI...620 KM SE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...940 MB...27.76 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:



THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR

JAMAICA.



A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HAITI FROM THE SOUTHERN

BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO LE MOLE ST. NICHOLAS



A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HAITI FROM EAST OF LE MOLE

ST. NICHOLAS TO THE NORTHERN BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.



THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR

EASTERN CUBA FROM THE PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE

PROVINCE OF GUANTANAMO.



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:



A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. JAMAICA

. HAITI FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO

LE MOLE ST. NICHOLAS



A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. HAITI FROM EAST OF LE MOLE ST. NICHOLAS TO THE NORTHERN

BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

. CUBA FROM CAMAGUEY PROVINCE TO GUANTANAMO PROVINCE



INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN HISPANIOLA AND IN THE BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR=