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HURRICANE IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  13A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT SAT OCT 16 1999

...COR FOR DISTANCE FROM MELBOURNE...35 INSTEAD OF 75 MILES...

...IRENE BECOMING A THREAT TO THE CAROLINAS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF JUPITER INLET
FLORIDA TO EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH TO CAPE 
HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO SOUND.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BIMINI AND GRAND BAHAMA
ISLAND.
 
ALL INTEREST ELSEWHERE ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  80.1 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA.
 
IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH...AND THIS GENEARL
TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. MELBOURNE REPORTED GUSTS TO 58
MPH DURING THE PAST HOUR.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS STILL
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW.
 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY NEAR THE PATH OF IRENE.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...27.8 N... 80.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 AM EDT.
 
AVILA
 
 
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