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HURRICANE FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  34
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT WED SEP 15 1999
...SLIGHT CORRECTION TO TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND WATCH AREAS... 
...HURRICANE FLOYD APPROACHING THE COAST...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...A HURRICANE WARNING IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD AND
IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE
HENLOPEN DELAWARE INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS AND THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED
NORTHWARD AND IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CAPE HENLOPEN DELAWARE
TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE
POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY AND LONG ISLAND SOUND.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM
EDISTO BEACH SOUTHWARD.  INTERESTS FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTHWARD
SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF PLYMOUTH TO MERRIMAC
RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 100 MILES...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.

FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH...AND AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
WEAKENING IS LIKELY ON THURSDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260
MILES.

A NOAA BUOY LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES OFFSHORE OF THE CHARLESTON SOUTH
CAROLINA AREA RECENTLY REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 83 MPH.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 952 MB...28.11 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 11 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE EXPECTED NEAR
AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.  EVEN HIGHER
FLOOD LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE AT THE HEADS OF BAYS...ESTUARIES AND
RIVERS.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...32.9 N... 78.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 951 MB.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 AM EDT AND 3 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 5 AM EDT...THURSDAY.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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