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HURRICANE FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT THU SEP 16 1999
 
...FLOYD WEAKENING AS IT MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS
NORTH CAROLINA TO MANASQUAN INLET NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING ALBEMARLE
SOUND AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT...AND FROM
MORICHES INLET NEW YORK TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS.  AT 11 AM
EDT...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM CAPE HATTERAS
SOUTHWARD.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY...AND FROM NORTH
OF MANASQUAN INLET NEW JERSEY TO MORICHES INLET NEW YORK...INCLUDING
LONG ISLAND SOUND...AND FROM NORTH OF PLYMOUTH TO MERRIMACK RIVER
MASSACHUSETTS.
 
INTERESTS FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTHWARD SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 36.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  76.0 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS
AT THE COAST NEAR VIRGINIA BEACH VIRGINIA.  
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH AND A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 MPH WERE RECENTLY REPORTED FROM DIAMOND SHOALS
LIGHT NEAR THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  967 MB...28.56 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.  ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST...
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS COASTAL
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDE... ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA...THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...DELAWARE...AND NEW JERSEY
TODAY.
  
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...36.8 N... 76.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 967 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
  
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