ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE GEORGES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 36A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 AM EDT THU SEP 24 1998 ...GEORGES STILL OVER EASTERN CUBA... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...FROM DEERFIELD BEACH SOUTHWARD ON THE EAST COAST AND FROM BONITA BEACH SOUTHWARD ON THE WEST COAST...INCLUDING THE FLORIDA KEYS. THIS INCLUDES MONROE...MIAMI DADE...BROWARD AND COLLIER COUNTIES. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FFORM STUART TO DEERFIELD BEACH ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND FROM SOUTH OF LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD TO BONITA BEACH ON THE FLORIDA WEST COAST. THIS INCLUDES PALM BEACH...MARTIN...SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUBA FROM THE PROVINCE OF SANCTI SPIRITUS EASTWARD AND FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF VILLA CLARA...CIENFUEGOS AND MATANZAS. HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FOR HAITI. INTERESTS THERE SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CAYMAN BRAC...AND LITTLE CAYMAN ISLAND. AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GEORGES WAS LOCATED BY A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.0 WEST. THIS POSITION IS INLAND OVER CUBA ABOUT 60 MILES...95 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAMAGUEY AND ABOUT 385 MILES...620 KM... SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. GEORGES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE MOVING NEAR THE NORTHERN COAST COAST OF CUBA FOR MOST OF TODAY. DO NOT FOCUS ON THE PRECISE LOCATION AND TRACK OF THE CENTER. THE HURRICANES DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND RAINS COVER A WIDE SWATH. A FEW HOURS AGO...PUNTA LUCRECIA ON THE NORTH COAST OF EASTERN CUBA REPORTED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH...119 KM/H SUSTAINED FOR TEN MINUTES. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN A FEW SQUALLS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST LATER TODAY WHEN THE CENTER OF GEORGES IS FORECAST TO MOVE BACK OVER WATER. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES... 55 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 155 MILES...250 KM. LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 989 MB...29.20 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...LOCALLY 20 INCHES OR MORE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN...ARE LIKELY NEAR THE PATH OF GEORGES. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS... ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA. REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...21.1 N... 77.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. AVILA NNNN