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21 Nov 1996

Jamaica
Jamaica Faces Heavy Rain from Storm Marco

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— Reuters - AlertNet
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuter) - Tropical Storm Marco's threat to Jamaica eased but emergency workers remained on high alert for torrential rains Thursday as the weather system meandered in the Caribbean south of the island.

At 4 p.m. EST Marco was about 140 miles south of Kingston, at latitude 15.9 north and longitude 76.5 west, and moving very
little, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

"There doesn't seem to be anything that's really going to make it move strongly in any one direction,"

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21 Nov 1996

Jamaica
Tropical Storm Marco Situation Report No.1

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— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0497
THIS MESSAGE IS NOT A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ANY COUNTRY

Tropical storm warning in effect for Jamaica

1. The US National Weather Service reports that as of 2100 UTC, 20 November 1996, Hurricane Marco has been downgraded to tropical storm. As of 1200 UTC, 21 November 1996, a tropical storm warning remains in effect for Jamaica . A tropical storm watch remains in effect for Haiti and for Cuba from Camaguey eastward.

2. The US National Weather Service indicates that as of 1200 UTC, 21 November 1996, the center of the Tropical Storm

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20 Nov 1996

Jamaica
Marco, Downgraded to Storm, Nears Jamaica

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— Reuters - AlertNet
MIAMI (Reuter) - Jamaica braced for a battering but Hurricane Marco weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm as it crept near the Caribbean island.

The Jamaican government replaced its hurricane warning with a tropical storm warning and hurricane watches for Haiti and eastern Cuba were similarly downgraded Wednesday.

"It's looking a little ragged," Mike Hopkins, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said.

Torrential rains of up to 15 inches were still expected to drive in alongside the storm, the center said in an advisory.

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