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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  45
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT FRI SEP 03 1999
CORRECT DISTANCE TO CAPE HATTERAS...160 NOT 260 MILES
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO OREGON INLET INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM OREGON INLET NORTHWARD
TO THE VIRGINIA/NORTH CAROLINA BORDER INCLUDING ABLEMARLE SOUND AND
FROM CAPE LOOKOUT SOUTHWARD TO SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.3 WEST OR ABOUT 160
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH AND A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS DENNIS MOVES
OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF THE GULF STREAM.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.  LARGE AND DANGEROUS
SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH DENNIS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFFECTING
PORTIONS OF THE U.S. EAST COAST.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...SEE
STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...33.2 N... 74.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
EDT...SATURDAY.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
  
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