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HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  20A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT MON OCT 18 1999

...CORRECT TIME FROM 2 PM TO 2 AM IN FOURTH PARAGRAPH...

...STRENGTHENING IRENE ACCELERATING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0300 UTC...ALL WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FROM BOGUE
INLET NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWARD.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF BOGUE INLET
NORTH CAROLINA TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING
PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.
 
ALL INTERESTS SOUTH OF THE WARNING AREA SHOULD EXERCISE DUE CAUTION
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.2 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
IRENE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS.  IF THIS MOTION CONTINUES ALL WARNINGS SHOULD BE LOWERED
LATER THIS MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  85 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY
TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 310
MILES.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 964 MB...28.47 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA IN LOCATIONS WITH ONSHORE
WINDS.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
WILL OCCUR NEAR THE PATH OF IRENE.  THESE RAINS SHOULD DIMINISH
LATER TODAY. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE SATURATED CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
IN NORTH CAROLINA...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY PRODUCE SERIOUS
FLOODING.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICES.
 
ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN COASTAL NORTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...34.8 N... 75.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 964 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM EDT.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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