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HURRICANE DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT MON AUG 30 1999
 
...DENNIS MOVING A LITTLE FASTER TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINA BORDER...INCLUDING PAMLICO
AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH
CAROLINA/VIRGINA BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINA INCLUDING SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA TO CAPE
HENLOPEN DELAWARE.
 
AT 11 AM...1500Z...HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF SURF
CITY NORTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 85 MILES...135 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH 
CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  THIS
GENERAL TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT A SLOWER SPEED OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  80 MILES...130 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 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 11 AM EDT POSITION...33.8 N... 75.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 PM EDT AND 3 PM EDT FOLLOWED
BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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