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HURRICANE FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI SEP 10 1999

...FLOYD MUST BE CLOSELY MONITORED....
 
...AT 11 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING CARIBBEAN ISLANDS...ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ANGUILLA...DUTCH
SAINT MAARTEN...FRENCH SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT BARTHELEMY HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED.
 
INTERESTS IN THE BAHAMAS AND THE SOUTHEAST U.S. SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS HURRICANE OVER THE WEEKEND.
  
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.8 WEST OR ABOUT 385
MILES... 620 KM...EAST NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST NORTHWEST SHOULD BEGIN LATE SATURDAY.  
ALTHOUGH THE CENTER OF FLOYD IS PASSING WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS...RAINBANDS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF FLOYD MAY STILL
BRING SOME SQUALLY WEATHER TO THESE ISLANDS ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS PRIMARILY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  SOME
FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 971 MB...28.67 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...21.1 N... 60.8 W.  MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 971 MB. 
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...SATURDAY.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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