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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  33A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM EDT WED SEP 15 1999

...FLOYD MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE CAROLINAS...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FERNANDINA BEACH
FLORIDA TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS AND CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO
SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY INCLUDING NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE
POTOMAC BASIN AND DELAWARE BAY.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF SANDY HOOK TO THE
MERRIMAC RIVER MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING LONG ISLAND SOUND.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SOUTH OF FERNANDINA BEACH
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 7 PM EDT...2300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.7 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SLIGHT
WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230
MILES.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  949 MB...28.02 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 THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.
  
REPEATING THE 7 PM EDT POSITION...32.1 N... 78.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 949 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 9 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
EDT.
 
PASCH
  
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