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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT WED SEP 01 1999

...DENNIS WEAKENING...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE HURRICANE WATCH IS DISCONTINUED.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SURF CITY NORTH
CAROLINA TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS AND SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA TO GREAT
EGG INLET NEW JERSEY.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 115 MILES EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT A SLOW WESTWARD
DRIFT IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH AND SLOW
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE PLANE REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 989
MB...29.21 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.  LARGE SWELLS
ASSOCIATED WITH DENNIS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFFECTING PORTIONS
OF THE U.S. EAST COAST.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...35.5 N... 73.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 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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