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TROPICAL DEPRESSION DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  50
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT SUN SEP 05 1999

...DENNIS WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
 
ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED.  INTERESTS SHOULD
MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY MOUNT NORTH CAROLINA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
CONTINUED SLOW WEAKENING IS LIKELY TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING AND WAVES ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND BAYS AND
SOUNDS WILL BE GRADUALLY DECREASING TODAY.  
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
...ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF DENNIS.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND
WARNINGS.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA THIS MORNING.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...35.8 N... 78.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
JARVINEN
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
 
 
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