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TROPICAL STORM FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

...FLOYD RACING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...ALL WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF SANDY HOOK NEW
JERSEY.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SANDY HOOK
TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.  INTERESTS SOUTH OF SANDY HOOK
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLOYD
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF HARTFORD CONNECTICUT.
 
FLOYD IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH AND A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS FORECAST ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FLOYD
IS EXPECTED TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS COASTAL
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDE... ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES.
 
BECAUSE FLOYD IS NOW MOVING VERY FAST THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINS IS DIMINISHING.  HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL FOR INLAND
FLOODING.  SEE PRODUCTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...41.7 N... 72.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 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...FRIDAY.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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