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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST FRI SEP 10 1999

...OUTER RAIN BAND OF FLOYD OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
 
...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING CARIBBEAN
ISLANDS...ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ANGUILLA...AND DUTCH SAINT MAARTEN...
FRENCH SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT BARTHELEMY.
 
ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF FLOYD.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.9 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES...340
KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BARBUDA IN THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF FLOYD WOULD PASS NORTH OF THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS.  HOWEVER...A DEVIATION TO THE LEFT COULD BRING TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS TO THE NORTHERNMOST ISLANDS OF THE NORTHEASTERN
CARIBBEAN.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...19.1 N... 58.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FRANKLIN
 
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