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HURRICANE BONNIE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

...BONNIE THREATENS MID ATLANTIC COAST...
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...A HURRICANE WATCH IS ISSUED FROM THE NORTH
CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER TO CAPE HENLOPEN DELAWARE...INCLUDING THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTHWARD FROM WINDMILL POINT.
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM MURRELLS INLET SOUTH
CAROLINA TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING PAMLICO
AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO MURRELLS INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.

PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.  INTERESTS IN THE WATCH
AND WARNING AREA SHOULD FOLLOW RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.

AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.3 WEST OR ABOUT 450 MILES
SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
BONNIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED.  THE FORECAST TRACK BRINGS THE CENTER NEAR THE OUTER BANKS OF
NORTH CAROLINA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND BRINGS TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS TO THE COAST ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.  IF THE HURRICANE
SHOULD MOVE TO THE LEFT OF THE FORECAST TRACK...HURRICANE WARNINGS
WILL BE NEEDED FURTHER SOUTH IN THE WATCH AREA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS MAY OCCUR BUT BONNIE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
A POWERFUL HURRICANE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
BONNIE IS A LARGE HURRICANE.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE CENTER AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 190 MILES.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  963 MB...28.44 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING IS EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE
HURRICANE REACHES THE COAST...WITH WATER LEVELS INCREASING UP TO 9
TO 11 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDAL LEVELS.
 
LARGE SWELLS ARE PROPAGATING WELL AHEAD OF THE HURRICANE AND ARE
IMPACTING PORTIONS OF THE U.S. SOUTHEAST COAST.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.
  
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...28.8 N... 74.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 963 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
LAWRENCE/RAPPAPORT

THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE STRIKE PROBABILITIES FROM THE PREVIOUS
ADVISORY.
  
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