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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  50
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 PM HST TUE AUG 17 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA PASSES SOUTH OF JOHNSTON ISLAND MOVING WEST TOWARD
   THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE...
 
AT 11 PM HST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 170.4 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ATOLL. AT THE CLOSEST APPROACH DORA PASSED
ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSTON AT ABOUT 8 PM HST. STRONGEST WINDS
ON THE ISLAND WERE MEASURED AT ABOUT 40 TO 45 MPH IN GUSTS. PRESSURE
ONLY DROPPED TO 1011 MB AS DORA WAS TOO FAR AWAY AND TOO WEAK TO
GIVE THE ISLAND MUCH OF A LASHING. AS A COMPARISON  HURRICANE JOHN
ON AUGUST 25TH 1994 WAS MORE INTENSE AND CAME CLOSER AND THUS
PRODUCED SERIOUS DAMAGE THEN ESTIMATED AT 15 MILLION DOLLARS.  
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
 
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM HST POSITION...15.6 N...170.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM HST...WEDNESDAY.
 
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