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HURRICANE IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT MON OCT 18 1999
 
...IRENE INTENSIFIES AND ACCELERATES...

AT 5 AM EDT...0900 UTC...ALL WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED.
 
ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE COASTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD
EXERCISE DUE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 35.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.8 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH...AND AN EAST-
NORTHEAST TO NORTHEAST MOTION AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD CARRY THE HURRICANE
AWAY FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TODAY.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...IN A SMALL AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.  SOME
WEAKENING IS LIKELY LATER TODAY...AS IRENE IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 310
MILES.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER
WAS 958 MB...28.29 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE
NORTH CAROLINA COAST SHOULD DECREASE TODAY.
 
SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS
ASSOCIATED WITH IRENE HAS ENDED.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...35.6 N... 73.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 958 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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