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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  32B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
3 PM EDT WED SEP 15 1999
 
...FRINGES OF HURRICANE CONTINUE TO IMPACT COAST OF NORTH FLORIDA
AND GEORGIA...BUT FLOYD IS HEADING FOR THE CAROLINAS...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FERNANDINA BEACH
FLORIDA TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING PAMLICO
AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.  AT 3 PM EDT...WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FROM
FERNANDINA BEACH SOUTHWARD.  WARNINS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED FOR
PORTIONS OF GEORGIA LATER TODAY. 

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA/
VIRGINIA BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING CHESAPEAKE
BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE
VIRGINIA TO MONTAUK POINT LONG ISLAND...INCLUDING DELAWARE BAY AND
LONG ISLAND SOUND.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 3 PM EDT...1900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES
SOUTH OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.

FLOYD IS MOVING ALMOST DUE NORTHWARD AT  15 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 120 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH THE HURRICANE HAS BEEN SLOWLY WEAKENING...IT IS
OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF STREAM COULD MAINTAIN ITS PRESENT
STRENGTH UNTIL LANDFALL TONIGHT.   ALL PREPARATIONS IN THE WARNING
AREA SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY U.S. AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  947 MB...27.96 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 10 TO 13 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.
 
HEAVY SURF ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. EAST COAST
NORTHWARD TO CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS.  REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE
HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTH
AND NORTH CAROLINA.
  
REPEATING THE 3 PM EDT POSITION...30.8 N... 79.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH  NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 947 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
 
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