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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT THU SEP 02 1999

...RAIN BANDS OF DENNIS OVER THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA... 

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT IS DISCONTINUED.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH
CAROLINA TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VIRGINIA.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 95 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS DRIFTED SOUTHWESTWARD OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS.  ALTHOUGH THE
MOTION IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO BE ERRATIC...A SLOW...GENERALLY
SOUTHWESTWARD MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 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 5 PM EDT POSITION...34.7 N... 74.0 W.  MOVEMENT...
DRIFTING SOUTHWEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 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.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
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