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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  34A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

...HURRICANE FLOYD CLOSING IN ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH 
SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE HENLOPEN DELAWARE INCLUDING PAMLICO AND
ALBEMARLE SOUNDS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CAPE HENLOPEN
DELAWARE TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY AND LONG ISLAND SOUND.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF PLYMOUTH TO
MERRIMAC RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.
 
INTERESTS FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTHWARD SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 1 AM EDT...0500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 33.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.1 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES
SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.

FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH...AND AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS LIKELY TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 
260 MILES.

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH
CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 32 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 46 MPH MYRTLE BEACH...45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 58 MPH...AND
WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA 32 MPH GUSTS TO 47 MPH.  

A NOAA BUOY LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES OFFSHORE OF THE CHARLESTON SOUTH
CAROLINA AREA RECENTLY REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 83 MPH.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 952 MB...28.11 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 11 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.  EVEN HIGHER
FLOOD LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HEADS OF BAYS...ESTUARIES AND
RIVERS.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG 
THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.
 
REPEATING THE 1 AM EDT POSITION...33.3 N... 78.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
110 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 952 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 3 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
EDT.
 
GUINEY
 
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