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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 28A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 1999

...EYE OF SEVERE HURRICANE FLOYD EXPECTED TO GO OVER THE ABACO
ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...A TURN TO THE NORTHWEST SHOULD
BEGIN SOON...
 
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 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.

THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR DADE COUNTY FLORIDA MAY BE DOWNGRADED TO
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO
LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.0 WEST...VERY NEAR ABACO IN
THE BAHAMAS OR ABOUT 195 MILES...315 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PALM
BEACH FLORIDA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE EYE OF FLOYD WILL BE CROSSING THE ABACO ISLANDS DURING
THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL BE NEARING THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA
THEREAFTER. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 140 MPH...225 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FLOYD REMAINS AS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR
HURRICANE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ACCORDING TO HAM RADIO REPORTS...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE
OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS AT
THIS TIME. 

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.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
PLANE WAS  933 MB...27.55 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.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF FLOYD.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...26.0 N... 77.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
140 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 933 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM EDT.
 
AVILA
 
 
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