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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  30A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT WED SEP 15 1999

...CORRECTION FOR REPREAT SECTION...POSITION...

...RAINBANDS OF FLOYD AFFECTING THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS DISCONTINUED
THE HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLANDS IN THE NORTHWEST
BAHAMAS...NEW PROVIDENCE...BIMINI...ANDROS...AND THE BERRY ISLANDS. 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR GRAND BAHAMA AND ABACO
ISLANDS.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FORT PIERCE FLORIDA TO
THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA
BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH 
OF SMITH POINT.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SOUTH OF FORT PIERCE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.5 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA AND ABOUT 425 MILES SOUTH
OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS LIKELY LATER
TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...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 FROM THE CENTER
...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES.
NOAA BUOY 41010...ABOUT 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF FLOYD...IS
REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS OF 67 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 82 MPH...AND
45 FT SEAS. THE MOST RECENT OBSERVATIONS FROM DAYTONA BEACH AND 
ST. AUGUSTINE SHOW GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE.  THE NOAA BUOY
41009...LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES OFF THE COAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL...
RECENTLY REPORTED 56 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 69 MPH AND
28 FT SEAS.   

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  935 MB...27.61 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 12 TO 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE EXPECTED NEAR
AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.
 
HEAVY SURF ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. EAST COAST
NORTHWARD TO CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS.  REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
FLOYD.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA TO THE
CAROLINAS.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...28.2 N... 78.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 935 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM EDT.

GUINEY
 
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