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HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT THU OCT 14 1999

...IRENE OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA...MOVING NORTHWARD...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY AROUND THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA TO BOCA GRANDE.  THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE FLORIDA
KEYS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM
FLORIDA CITY TO JUPITER INLET ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND FOR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.  A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF BOCA GRANDE TO
LONGBOAT KEY.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CUBA INCLUDING THE
PROVINCES OF PINAR DEL RIO...HAVANA...CIUDAD HAVANA...MATANZAS AND
THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
 
INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SHOULD CONTINUE
TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF IRENE.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 23.3 NORTH ...LONGITUDE  82.7 WEST.  THIS IS JUST OFF THE
COAST OF CUBA ABOUT 105 MILES...170 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST
FLORIDA.   

THE MORE WESTWARD LOCATION OF THE CENTER IS DUE TO MORE RELIABLE
CENTER LOCATIONS FROM A NOAA AIRCRAFT AS THE EYE OF IRENE BEGAN TO
EMERGE FROM CUBA.  IRENE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7
MPH...11 KM/HR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF IRENE WILL
BE NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS ON FRIDAY.   
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 75 MPH...120
KM/HR...IN A VERY SMALL AREA NEAR THE CENTER...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.  SAND KEY...JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST
RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 47 MPH. 
WIND GUSTS TO 48 MPH WERE REPORTED AT DRY TORTUGAS.
 
A NOAA AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 988 MB...
29.18 INCHES.
 
A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TIDE LEVELS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND FLORIDA BAY.
 
HEAVY RAINS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH IRENE.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...23.3 N... 82.7 W.  
MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
PASCH
 
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