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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  26A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM EDT MON AUG 30 1999
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING
PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.  
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA
/VIRGINIA BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.  A GALE WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO CAPE HENLOPEN DELAWARE.
 
AT 7 AM EDT...1100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 33.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  76.8 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES
SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
FRYING PAN SHOALS RECENTLY REPORTED 92 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH
GUSTS TO 112 MPH.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 185 MILES...295 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  963 MB...28.44 INCHES.
 
ONSHORE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD PRODUCE STORM SURGE FLOODING
OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.  HIGHER LEVELS...TO NEAR
8 FEET...COULD OCCUR IF THE CENTER MOVES CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN
FORECAST.  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 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE POSSIBLE IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF COASTAL NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY.
  
REPEATING THE 7 AM EDT POSITION...33.3 N... 76.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 963 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 9 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
  
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