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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 27A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT TUE SEP 14 1999

...EYE OF FLOYD VERY NEAR ELEUTHERA IN THE BAHAMAS...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS
...INCLUDING THE ABACO ISLANDS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS
...BIMINI... ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA AND NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND
...AND FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...EXUMAS
ISLANDS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR ISLAND.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS.  THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS
MORNING.    
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE MAINLAND FLORIDA
EAST COAST FROM FLORIDA CITY TO JUST SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE NORTHWARD.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO LITTLE
RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  76.2 WEST...VERY NEAR
ELEUTHERA IN THE BAHAMAS.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 255 MILES
EAST OF MIAMI FLORIDA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 150 MPH...240 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 290 MILES...465 KM.   TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO REACH THE GREATER MIAMI AREA...FORT LAUDERDALE AND PALM BEACH
COUNTY LATER THIS MORNING.   ABACO IN THE BAHAMAS IS ALREADY
EXPERIENCING 70 MPH WINDS AND THERE ARE REPORTS OF SEVERE DAMAGE IN
ELEUTHERA. 
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  929 MB...27.43 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE BAHAMAS.  FLOODING OF 5 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST IF THE CENTER REACHES THE
COAST.
 
HEAVY SURF ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. EAST COAST
NORTHWARD TO MONTAUK POINT NEW YORK.  PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS
ISSUED BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
 
RAINBANDS FROM FLOYD ARE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS
OF THE BAHAMAS AND LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE 
FLORIDA EAST COAST WARNING AREA.

REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...25.4 N... 76.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
150 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 929 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
AT 11 AM EDT.
 
AVILA
 
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