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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED AUG 25 1999
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900 UTC...A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT...
EXUMAS...LONG...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR ISLANDS. A HURRICANE
WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING
ABACOS...ANDROS...BERRY...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA...AND
NEW PROVIDENCE ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE ENTIRE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF DENNIS.

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.8 WEST OR ABOUT 320
MILES...515 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...23.1 N... 72.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM AST.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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