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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  32A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM EDT WED SEP 15 1999
 
...FRINGES OF HURRICANE CONTINUE TO IMPACT COAST OF NORTH FLORIDA
AND GEORGIA...BUT FLOYD IS HEADING FOR THE CAROLINAS...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE FLORIDA TO
THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS.  WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED FOR NORTH FLORIDA AND
GEORGIA LATER TODAY. 

A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA/
VIRGINIA BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING CHESAPEAKE
BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT.

AT 1 PM EDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD AND IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA TO MONTAUK POINT
LONG ISLAND...INCLUDING DELAWARE BAY.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SOUTH OF TITUSVILLE SHOULD
EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 1 PM EDT...1700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 235 MILES
SOUTH OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
155 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH THE HURRICANE HAS BEEN SLOWLY WEAKENING...IT WILL
MOVE OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF STREAM THIS AFTERNOON AND
COULD MAINTAIN ITS PRESENT STRENGTH UNTIL LANDFALL TONIGHT.   ALL
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY U.S. AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  946 MB...27.94 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 10 TO 13 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 ALONG THE PATH OF THE
HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTH
AND NORTH CAROLINA.
  
REPEATING THE 1PM EDT POSITION...30.3 N... 79.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 946 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 3 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
 
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