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HURRICANE DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST THU AUG 26 1999

...CORRECTED FOR DISTRIBUTION OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...
 
...DENNIS CONTINUES SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST...

AT 5 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS
AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING
CAT...EXUMAS...LONG...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR ISLANDS.  A
HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...
INCLUDING ABACOS...ANDROS...BERRY...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND
BAHAMA...AND NEW PROVIDENCE ISLANDS.

RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY
THE CAROLINAS...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGESS OF DENNIS.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.3 WEST OR ABOUT 275
MILES...445 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH...7
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...23.9 N... 73.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
AST.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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