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HURRICANE FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  29
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 1999

...EYE OF FLOYD OVER ABACO ISLANDS...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD
ALONG THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS TO LITTLE RIVER INLET.
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM BOCA RATON FLORIDA TO
LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS
...INCLUDING THE ABACO ISLANDS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS
...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA AND NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND
...AND FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...EXUMAS
ISLANDS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR ISLAND. THE
HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WILL BE DISCONTINUED SOON.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FROM FLORIDA CITY TO
JUST SOUTH OF BOCA RATON HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE NORTHWARD HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED NORTH OF
LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VIRGINIA
...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS AND CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH
OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.4 WEST OVER ABACO ISLANDS OR
ABOUT 235 MILES...380 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA.
 
FLOYD HAS FINALLY TURNED...AS EXPECTED...AND IS NOW MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  THIS MOTION WILL BRING FLOYD
CLOSER TO THE CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA EAST COAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF VERY STRONG
WINDS...HIGH SEAS...AND DAMAGE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 205 MILES...335 KM.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 929 MB...27.43 INCHES...AND THIS IS
BASED ON A BAROMETER READING AT LITTLE HARBOR IN THE ABACOS.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE BAHAMAS.  FLOODING OF 5 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST IF THE CENTER REACHES THE
COAST.  HIGHER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA COASTS.
 
HEAVY SURF ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. EAST COAST
NORTHWARD TO MONTAUK POINT NEW YORK.  PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS
ISSUED BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
 
RAINBANDS ARE SPREADING OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. 

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF FLOYD.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...26.5 N... 77.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 929 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
EDT.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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