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HURRICANE IRENE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT FRI OCT 15 1999
 
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR BIMINI...GRAND BAHAMA...AND ABACO
ISLANDS IN THE BAHAMAS...

AT 8 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR BIMINI...GRAND BAHAMA...AND ABACO ISLANDS.
 
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 SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND
FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST
FROM NORTH OF THE ANCLOTE KEYS TO YANKEETOWN.
 
INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SHOULD CONTINUE
TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF IRENE.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.0 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.
 
IRENE IS MOVING JUST EAST OF DUE NORTH NEAR  8 MPH...AND THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
SLIGHT INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A
GUST TO 103 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT BIG PINE KEY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  987 MB...29.15 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.
 
ADDITIONAL 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 8 AM EDT POSITION...24.3 N... 82.0 W. MOVEMENT...JUST
EAST OF DUE NORTH NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
FRANKLIN/BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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