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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  34B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
3 AM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

...HURRICANE FLOYD MAKING LANDFALL AT CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA...  

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH 
SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE HENLOPEN DELAWARE INCLUDING PAMLICO AND
ALBEMARLE SOUNDS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CAPE
HENLOPEN DELAWARE TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING NORTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY AND LONG ISLAND
SOUND.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FROM NORTH OF PLYMOUTH TO MERRIMAC
RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.
 
INTERESTS FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTHWARD SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 3 AM EDT...0700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 34.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.9 WEST.. THIS PUTS FLOYD
ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST NEAR CAPE FEAR.

FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...AND AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS LIKELY TODAY AS FLOYD MOVES INLAND 
OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 
260 MILES.

CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 
35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 63 MPH...MYRTLE BEACH 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
66 MPH...AND WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 66 MPH. 
THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA DOPPER-ON-WHEELS (DOW) TEAM POSITIONED 
IN TOPSAIL BEACH NORTH CAROLINA RECORDED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 
81 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 105 MPH.

THE NOAA C-MAN BUOY FRYING PAN SHOALS RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED
WIND OF 65 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH. THE NOAA BUOY 42004...LOCATED
ABOUT 40 MILES OFFSHORE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA...RECENTLY
REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 955 MB...28.20 INCHES.
 
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 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG 
THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.
 
REPEATING THE 3 AM EDT POSITION...34.0 N... 77.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
110 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 956 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 AM EDT.

GUINEY
 
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