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HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT FRI OCT 15 1999

...CENTER OF IRENE RE-FORMS FARTHER TO THE EAST AND RESUMES
NORTHWARD MOTION...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY
AROUND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TO THE ANCLOTE KEYS...INCLUDING ALL OF
THE FLORIDA KEYS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM
FLORIDA CITY TO JUPITER INLET ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND FOR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM
NORTH OF THE ANCLOTE KEYS TO YANKEETOWN.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF HAVANA
AND CIUDAD HAVANA CUBA.
 
INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SHOULD CONTINUE
TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF IRENE.
 
DATA FROM DOPPLER RADAR IN KEY WEST AND AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THE CENTER OF IRENE HAS RE-
FORMED TO THE EAST OF THE PREVIOUS POSITION.

AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.1 WEST OR ABOUT 55
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. 
 
IRENE IS NOW MOVING NORTHWARD NEAR 9 MPH.  ON THIS TRACK... THE
CENTER OF IRENE WILL BE NEAR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SLIGHT
STRENGTHENING COULD OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES.  AN AUTOMATED STATION AT SAND KEY RECENTLY REPORTED
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 48 MPH AND A GUST TO 59 MPH.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER
IS 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
POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH IRENE.
 
THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
AND THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY.

REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...23.8 N... 82.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM.
 
BEVEN/GUINEY
 
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