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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  16A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT FRI AUG 27 1999

...STRONG WINDS...HIGH WAVES AND HEAVY RAINS SPREADING OVER THE
ABACOS...  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH. A HURRICANE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SEBASTIAN INLET NORTHWARD TO FERNANDINA
BEACH. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND THE HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE
ADJUSTED NORTHWARD AS THE HURRICANE MOVES PARALLEL TO THE EAST
FLORIDA COAST.
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR...ELEUTHERA...THE ABACOS...
BERRY AND GRAND BAHAMA ISLANDS.
 
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.
 
RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM
CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR 
THE PROGRESS OF DENNIS.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  76.3 WEST OR ABOUT 315 MILES
...500 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA.
 
DENNIS HAS MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED
TO RESUME A SLOW WEST NORTHWEST MOTION LATER TONIGHT...WITH A TURN
TO THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY. ON THIS TRACK..DENNIS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE OVER THE ABACO ISLANDS LATER TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  REPORTS RELAYED FROM LITTLE HARBOR IN GREAT ABACO TO AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS AT THE NHC REPORTED GUSTS TO 67 MPH...108 KPH. 
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
  
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 145 MILES...230 KM MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF 
THE HURRICANE.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE LIKELY IN 
THE BAHAMA ISLANDS NEAR THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...26.0 N... 76.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 MB.
  
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM EDT.
 
GUINEY
 
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