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HURRICANE FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN SEP 12 1999
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES THE ACKLINS...CROOKED...
INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...SAMANA CAY AND RAGGED ISLANDS....AND A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES
CAT...EXUMAS...LONG...RUM CAY AND SAN SALVADOR ISLANDS.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS LATER
TODAY. INTERESTS IN THE SOUTHEAST U.S. SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF THIS HURRICANE.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 22.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  65.9 WEST OR ABOUT 385 MILES
...625 KM...EAST OF TURKS ISLAND.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.  THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD 
THE WEST-NORTHWEST MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...22.8 N... 65.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
AST.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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