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TROPICAL STORM FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  37
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT THU SEP 16 1999
 
...FLOYD WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...MAIN THREAT BECOMES HEAVY   
   RAIN AND INLAND FLOODING...

AT 5 PM EDT...HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE CHANGED TO TROPICAL STORM
WARNINGS.  TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM CAPE
CHARLES LIGHT VIRGINIA TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY AND LONG
ISLAND SOUND.
 
INTERESTS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT SOUTHWARD SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.6 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS
ON THE NEW JERSY COAST ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTIC CITY.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...48
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
WINDS OF 65 MPH EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES MAINLY TO THE EAST OF
THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  974 MB...28.76 INCHES.
  
STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST IS GRADUALLY
SUBSIDING.  ALONG THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS COASTAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AT
HIGH TIDE... ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE HURRICANE AND INLAND FLOODING IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR
MANY AREAS.  SEE PRODUCTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND THIS EVENING.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
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