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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  29A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 1999

...FLOYD STILL POUNDING THE NORTHERNMOST BAHAMAS...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM BOCA RATON FLORIDA TO
LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
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. THE
HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WILL BE DISCONTINUED SOON.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH
CAROLINA TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VIRGINIA...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND
ALBEMARLE SOUNDS AND CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF BOCA RATON TO FLORIDA
CITY.  THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED IN A FEW HOURS.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.6 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS JUST
NORTH OF LITTLE ABACO ISLAND AND ABOUT 205 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA.
 
FLOYD HAS MOVED TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR
DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS.  A GENERAL NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...WHICH WOULD BRING FLOYD
CLOSER TO THE CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA EAST COAST. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FLOYD REMAINS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN
STRENGTH ARE LIKELY 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 250 MILES...400 KM.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 934 MB...27.58 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.  HIGHER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA COASTS.
 
HEAVY SURF ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. EAST COAST
NORTHWARD TO MONTAUK POINT NEW YORK.  REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
 
RAINBANDS ARE SPREADING OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. 

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF FLOYD.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...27.1 N... 77.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...934 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
PASCH
 
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