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HURRICANE BONNIE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  37A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 1998
 
...BONNIE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD...
...POUNDING MID ATLANTIC COAST...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH
CAROLINA TO WATCH HILL RHODE ISLAND...INCLUDING PAMLICO
SOUND...ALBEMARLE SOUND...CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTHWARD FROM SMITH
POINT...AND DELAWARE BAY.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF WATCH HILL
RHODE ISLAND TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS
ALSO IN EFFECT FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO DRUM POINT AND
FOR THE POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND TO SMITH POINT.
 
INTERESTS IN THE WATCH AND WARNING AREAS SHOULD FOLLOW
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 36.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.3 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS
OFFSHORE JUST SOUTHEAST OF KITTY HAWK NORTH CAROLINA.
 
BONNIE HAS BEEN DRIFTING EASTWARD FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT IS
EXPECTED RESUME A NORTHEASTWARD MOTION NEAR 6 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY
OVER THE WATER EAST OF THE CENTER.  SOME VERY STRONG RAINBANDS HAVE
MOVED OVER EXTREME EASTERN VIRGINIA AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND ARE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE. 
LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES TO THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...LOCALLY
HIGHER...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA AND THE SOUTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. 
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...36.2 N... 75.5 W.  MOVEMENT
DRIFTING EASTWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
AT 5 AM EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
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