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HURRICANE DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT MON AUG 30 1999
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING
PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.
 
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 VIRGINIA TO CAPE
HENLOPEN DELAWARE.
 
AT 5 PM...2100Z...HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF CAPE
LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 85 MILES...140 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH
CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH
...28 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A
REDUCTION IN FORWARD SPEED TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  966 MB...28.53 INCHES.

ONSHORE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD PRODUCE STORM SURGE FLOODING
OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.  LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED
WITH DENNIS SHOULD CONTINUE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE U.S. EAST
COAST.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. 
 
RAINS SHOULD BE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP
TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF COASTAL NORTH
CAROLINA TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...34.7 N... 74.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 966 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 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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