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HURRICANE DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 1999

...DENNIS MOVING CLOSER TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH
CAROLINA TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF OREGON
INLET NORTH CAROLINA TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE
ALBEMARLE SOUND AND SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT
COMFORT.

AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE
WATCH IS DISCONTINUED FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHWARD.
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT 
FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.8 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES
SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.

DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...WITH A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FRYING PAN SHOALS RECENTLY REPORTED 64 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS
WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH...AND 31 FOOT WAVES AND 23 FOOT SWELLS. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES FROM THE CENTER
...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORT FROM THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  963 MB...28.44 INCHES.
 
ONSHORE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD PRODUCE STORM SURGE FLOODING
OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.  HIGHER LEVELS...TO NEAR
8 FEET...COULD OCCUR IF THE CENTER MOVES CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN
FORECAST.  ALSO LARGE SWELLS WELL AHEAD OF THE HURRICANE ARE
REACHING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST AND GENERATING
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE POSSIBLE IN COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...32.5 N... 77.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 963 MB.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 AM EDT AND 3 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 5 AM EDT...MONDAY.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.

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