ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN HURRICANE GEORGES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 38A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 PM EDT THU SEP 24 1998 ...CORRECTION TO TIME IN REPEAT SECTION... ...WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH IN SQUALLS OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS...PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA... 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. THE AREA OF HURRICANE WARNINGS MAY BE EXTENDED NORTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FROM JUST NORTH OF DEERFIELD BEACH...AT BOCA RATON...TO STUART ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUST NORTH OF BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO LONGBOAT KEY 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. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GEORGES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.0 WEST OR ABOUT 205 MILES...335 KM...SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. GEORGES IS MOVING BETWEEN WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH ...22 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS BRINGING THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS FRIDAY MORNING. DO NOT FOCUS ON THE PRECISE LOCATION AND TRACK OF THE CENTER. THE HURRICANES DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND RAIN COVER A WIDE SWATH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH...135 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT 6 PM EDT...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 81 MPH AND A PRESSURE OF 986 MB...29.12 INCHES...WERE REPORTED AT CAYO COCO JUST OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES... 55 KM... MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE JUST REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 987 MB...29.15 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 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. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...22.9 N... 79.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. PASCH NNNN