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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  24B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
9 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 1999

...RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE DENNIS SPREADING ACROSS SOUTH AND NORTH
CAROLINA COASTS...CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO WORSEN TONIGHT...
 
THE HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET
SOUTH CAROLINA TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING PAMLICO
SOUND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF 
OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING 
THE ALBEMARLE SOUND AND SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT
COMFORT.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM
NORTH OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 9 PM EDT...0100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.1 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES
SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS IS MOVING SLIGHTLY EAST OF DUE NORTH AT 13 MPH AND A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
FRYING PAN SHOALS AND NOAA BUOY 41004 ARE REPORTING SUSTAINED WINDS
NEAR 60 MPH WITH GUST TO BEAR HURRICANE FORCE. SOME INCREASE IN
STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORT FROM THE AIR FORCE
RESERVCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
 
ONSHORE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD PRODUCE STORM SURGE FLOODING
OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.  HIGHER LEVELS...TO NEAR 
8 FEET...COULD OCCUR IF THE CENTER MOVES CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN
FORECAST.  ALSO LARGE SWELLS WELL AHEAD OF THE HURRICANE ARE
REACHING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST AND GENERATING
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE POSSIBLE IN COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

REPEATING THE 9 PM EDT POSITION...32.1 N... 78.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM EDT.
 
GUINEY

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