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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST WED AUG 25 1999

...DENNIS DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR 
THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT...EXUMAS...LONG...RUM CAY...
AND SAN SALVADOR ISLANDS.  A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING ABACOS...ANDROS...BERRY...BIMINI
...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA...AND NEW PROVIDENCE ISLANDS. A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND 
THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
DENNIS.

AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.5 WEST OR ABOUT 
330 MILES...532 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
DENNIS IS DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR
THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM 
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...23.5 N... 72.5 W.  MOVEMENT...
DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
A 11 PM AST.
 
GUINEY
 
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