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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT FRI SEP 03 1999
 
...DENNIS DRIFTING SOUTHWARD...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING NORTH OF OREGON
INLET IS DISCONTINUED.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO
OREGON INLET...NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE PAMLICO SOUND.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.3 WEST OR ABOUT 145
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS IS DRIFTING SOUTHWARD AND ALTHOUGH THE MOTION COULD BE
ERRATIC AT TIMES...A SLOW...GENERALLY SOUTHWESTWARD AND THEN
WESTWARD MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.  LARGE SWELLS
ASSOCIATED WITH DENNIS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFFECTING PORTIONS
OF THE U.S. EAST COAST.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...33.4 N... 74.3 W.  MOVEMENT
DRIFTING SOUTHWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB. 
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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