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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  27B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
3 PM EDT MON AUG 30 1999
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINA BORDER...INCLUDING PAMLICO
AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH
CAROLINA/VIRGINA BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINA INCLUDING SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA TO CAPE
HENLOPEN DELAWARE.
 
AT 3 PM EDT...1900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 75 MILES...120 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH 
CAROLINA.
 
OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS DENNIS HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  THIS GENERAL TRACK IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE AT A SLOWER SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...155 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  80 MILES...130 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
 
ONSHORE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD PRODUCE STORM SURGE FLOODING
OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.  HIGHER LEVELS...TO NEAR
8 FEET...COULD OCCUR IF THE CENTER MOVES CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN
FORECAST.  ALSO LARGE SWELLS WELL AHEAD OF THE HURRICANE ARE
REACHING PORTIONS OF THE EAST U.S. COAST AND GENERATING
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.
 
RAINS SHOULD BE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP
TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF COASTAL NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY. 
 
REPEATING THE 3 PM EDT POSITION...34.6 N... 74.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 966 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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