ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE BONNIE ADVISORY NUMBER 27 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998 ...BONNIE APPROACHING NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO CAPE ROMAIN SOUTH CAROLINA. A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM CAPE ROMAIN SOUTH CAROLINA TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...AND CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT SOUTHWARD. A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO CAPE ROMAIN SOUTH CAROLINA AND FROM CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA TO CAPE HENLOPEN DELAWARE. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA. INTERESTS IN THE WATCH AND WARNING AREAS SHOULD FOLLOW RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.2 WEST OR ABOUT 290 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA. THE TRACK OF BONNIE CONTINUES TO WOBBLE A LITTLE ABOUT A GENERAL NORTH-NORTHWEST HEADING NEAR 16 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH TONIGHT. THE FORECAST TRACK BRINGS THE CENTER TO NEAR THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AROUND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO ARRIVE AT THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA NEAR MIDNIGHT AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS NEAR DAWN WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS COULD OCCUR BUT BONNIE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A POWERFUL HURRICANE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...415 KM. 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...INCLUDING IN PAMLICO SOUND AND ALBEMARLE SOUND...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. EAST COAST. SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH BONNIE. REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...30.5 N... 76.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 963 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT. RAPPAPORT STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. NNNN