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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  35A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

...CORRECTION FOR SOUTHERN HURRICANE WARNING POINTS...

...HURRICANE FLOYD INLAND OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... 
 
AT 7 AM EDT...1100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS DISCONTINUED
SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHWARD. INTERESTS FROM SOUTH
SANTEE RIVER SOUTHWARD SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS UNTIL WINDS AND 
SEAS SUBSIDE.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER 
TO MANASQUAN INLET NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT ...AND FROM
MORICHES INLET NEW YORK TO PLYMONTH MASSACHUSETTS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY...AND FROM NORTH OF MANASQUAN
INLET NEW JERSEY TO MORICHES INLET NEW YORK...INCLUDING LONG ISLAND
SOUND...AND FROM NORTH OF PLYMONTH TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.
 
AT 7 AM EDT...1100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 35.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.1 WEST OR ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS LIKELY TODAY AS FLOYD MOVES INLAND ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 
230 MILES...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.

WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND 
TO 47 MPH...WITH A GUST TO 77 MPH...NEW BERN...SUSTAINED WIND 
36 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 67 MPH...AND CHERRY POINT NAVAL AIR STATION
49 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 82 MPH. THE CAPE LOOKOUT NOAA C-MAN BUOY
RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 69 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 91 MPH. 

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 11 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CORSSED THE COAST...AND
WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE AS THE HURRICANE MOVES NORTH-NORTHEAST.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND EASTERN VIRGINIA.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM EDT POSITION...35.2 N... 77.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
AT 9 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
GUINEY
 
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