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HURRICANE DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT MON AUG 30 1999
...CORRECTION TO REMOVE ALBEMARLE SOUND FROM TROPICAL STORM WARNING
AND INCLUDE ALBEMARLE SOUND IN HURRICANE WARNING SECTION...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH
CAROLINA TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND
ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.  

AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS EXTENDED FROM OREGON
INLET NORTHWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA
/VIRGINIA BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO CAPE HENLOPEN
DELAWARE.
 
DISCONTINUE THE HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM
NORTH OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 33.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.3 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH AND A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 185 MILES...295 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  963 MB...28.44 INCHES.
 
ONSHORE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD PRODUCE STORM SURGE FLOODING
OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.  HIGHER LEVELS...TO NEAR
8 FEET...COULD OCCUR IF THE CENTER MOVES CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN
FORECAST.  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.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE POSSIBLE IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF COASTAL NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...33.3 N... 77.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 963 MB.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 AM EDT AND 9 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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