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HURRICANE DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 1999

...RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE DENNIS SPREADING ACROSS SOUTH AND NORTH
CAROLINA COASTS...CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO WORSEN TONIGHT...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LITTLE
RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA...
INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND.  ALSO AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA
TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE SOUND AND SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM
NORTH OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 195 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS IS MOVING SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH AT 13 MPH AND A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.  ALTHOUGH THE CORE OF
THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE...THE LARGE SIZE AND
CLOSE APPROACH TO THE COAST REQUIRES THE ISSUANCE OF A HURRICANE
WARNING.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  967 MB...28.56 INCHES.
 
ONSHORE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD PRODUCE STORM SURGE FLOODING
OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.  ALSO LARGE SWELLS WELL
AHEAD OF THE HURRICANE ARE REACHING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S.
COAST AND GENERATING DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...31.5 N... 78.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 967 MB.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 PM EDT AND 9 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
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