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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  25A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM EDT MON AUG 30 1999

...DENNIS MOVING CLOSER TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH
CAROLINA TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF OREGON
INLET TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE SOUND AND
SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.

A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT 
FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 1 AM EDT...0500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.7 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES
SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.

DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.   SOME
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  REPORTS FROM
DATA BUOYS INDICATE THAT WINDS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE ARE VERY
CLOSE TO THE COAST...BUT ARE NOT YET OCCURRING OVER LAND.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES FROM THE CENTER
...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORT FROM THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  962 MB...28.41 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 SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST AND GENERATING
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE POSSIBLE IN COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

REPEATING THE 1 AM EDT POSITION...32.5 N...77.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 962 MB.
 
THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 3 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 5 AM EDT...MONDAY.
 
LAWRENCE

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