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ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 24A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 7 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 1999 ...RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE DENNIS SPREADING ACROSS SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA COASTS...CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO WORSEN TONIGHT... THE HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE SOUND AND SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT. A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA. AT 7 PM EDT...2300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.2 WEST OR ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA. DENNIS IS MOVING SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH AT 13 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORT FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 965 MB...28.50 INCHES. ONSHORE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD PRODUCE STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. ALSO LARGE SWELLS WELL AHEAD OF THE HURRICANE ARE REACHING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST AND GENERATING DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE POSSIBLE IN COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. REPEATING THE 7 PM EDT POSITION...31.8 N... 78.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB. THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 9 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT. GUINEY NNNN