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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  36A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT THU SEP 16 1999
 
...FLOYD WEAKENING AS IT MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT
VIRGINIA TO MANASQUAN INLET NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING ALBEMARLE
SOUND AND FROM MORICHES INLET NEW YORK TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS. 
AT 2 PM EDT...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM SOUTH OF
CAPE CHARLES LIGHT SOUTHWARD INCLUDING SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY...AND FROM NORTH OF MANASQUAN
INLET NEW JERSEY TO MORICHES INLET NEW YORK...INCLUDING LONG ISLAND
SOUND...AND FROM NORTH OF PLYMOUTH TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.
 
INTERESTS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT SOUTHWARD SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 37.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.2 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS
NEAR THE COAST JUST EAST OF CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH AND A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  75 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
THE LAST REPORT OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WAS 75 MPH FROM THE C-MAN
STATION AT DUCK PIER NORTH CAROLINA AT 10 AM EDT.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  974 MB...28.76 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.  ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST...
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS COASTAL
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDE... ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA...THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...DELAWARE...AND NEW JERSEY
TODAY.
  
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...37.8 N... 75.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 974 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
  
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