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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  11A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST THU AUG 26 1999

...DENNIS MOVING LITTLE...EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWESTWARD LATER
TODAY...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND
FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS...ELEUTHERA AND THE ABACOS. A
HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHWEST
BAHAMAS INCLUDING ANDROS...BERRY...BIMINI...GRAND BAHAMA...AND NEW
PROVIDENCE ISLANDS.
 
RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
DENNIS.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.1 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES
...340 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
DENNIS HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS BUT IS
EXPECTED TO RESUME A WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST TRACK NEAR 7 MPH...
11 KM/HR LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE 
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE JUST REPORTED AN EXTRAPOLATED
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...24.5 N... 74.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
75 MPH.   MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
AVILA
 
 
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