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HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 14A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT SAT OCT 16 1999

...IRENE APPEARS TO BE MOVING A LITTLE BIT FASTER...
 
...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
TO SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF JUPITER
FLORIDA TO SOUTH OF EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.  A PORTION OF THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY AS
IRENE MOVES NORTHWARD.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF SURF CITY TO CAPE
HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO SOUND.
 
ALL INTEREST ELSEWHERE ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED BY
A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE AND RADAR FROM MELBOURNE NEAR LATITUDE 28.6
NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.9 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF CAPE
CANAVERAL FLORIDA.
 
IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH A LITTLE BIT FASTER...NEAR 12 MPH
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE
CENTER...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
FORECAST.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES TO THE NORTH
AND EAST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES... PRIMARILY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE
CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 984 MB...29.05 INCHES.
 
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE
OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW.
 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IRENE.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...28.6 N... 79.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 984 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
AVILA
 
 
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