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HURRICANE FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

...HURRICANE FLOYD INLAND OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA JUST 
NORTHEAST OF WILMINGTON...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...A HURRICANE WARNING IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD
AND IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
TO MANASQUAN INLET NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT...AND FROM
MORICHES INLET NEW YORK TO PLYMONTH MASSACHUSETTS.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED
NORTHWARD AND IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...
THE POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY...AND FROM NORTH OF MANASQUAN
INLET NEW JERSEY TO MORICHES INLET NEW YORK...INCLUDING LONG ISLAND
SOUND...AND FROM NORTH OF PLYMONTH TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.
 
INTERESTS FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTHWARD SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 34.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.6 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS LIKELY TODAY AS FLOYD MOVES
INLAND ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 
230 MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 956 MB...28.23 INCHES.
 
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF
23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...MYRTLE BEACH 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
63 MPH...AND WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH.
 
THE NOAA C-MAN BUOY FRYING PAN SHOALS RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED
WIND OF 80 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 95 MPH. THE NOAA BUOY 42004...LOCATED
ABOUT 40 MILES OFFSHORE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA...RECENTLY
REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 11 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE EXPECTED NEAR
AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.  EVEN HIGHER
FLOOD LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HEADS OF BAYS...ESTUARIES AND
RIVERS.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND EASTERN VIRGINIA.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...34.5 N... 77.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 956 MB.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 AM EDT AND 9 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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