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TROPICAL STORM FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  37A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT THU SEP 16 1999
 
...FLOYD MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT
VIRGINIA TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY AND LONG ISLAND SOUND.
 
INTERESTS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT SOUTHWARD SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 40.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.5 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS
OVER WESTERN LONG ISLAND ABOUT 25 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK
CITY.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
WINDS OF 65 MPH EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES MAINLY TO THE EAST OF
THE CENTER.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...WIND GUSTS TO 52 MPH WERE REPORTED AT
BUZZARDS BAY MASSACHUSSETS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED AT
NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS. 

THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE FROM
MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  974 MB...28.76 INCHES.
  
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS COASTAL
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDE... ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE HURRICANE AND INLAND FLOODING IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR
MANY AREAS.  SEE PRODUCTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND THIS EVENING.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.

PASCH

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