ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE BONNIE ADVISORY NUMBER 28 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998 ...RAINBANDS OF HURRICANE BONNIE BEGINNING TO SPEAD ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COAST AND OUTER BANKS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS 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 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.8 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLONA. BONNIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED BY MORNING. 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 WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY AROUND DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS COULD 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 230 MILES. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT RECENTLY ESTIMATED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 965 MB...28.50 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. ISOLATED TORNADOESE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...31.6 N... 76.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM EDT...WEDNESDAY. PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. NNNN