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HURRICANE BONNIE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER  29
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT WED AUG 26 1998
 
...HURRICANE WARNINGS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO EDISTO BEACH SOUTH   
CAROLINA...

AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING IS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO
EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA AND IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM EDISTO BEACH
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 EDISTO BEACH
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 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.3 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLONA.  THIS POSITION IS
ALSO ABOUT 170 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
 
BONNIE HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH FOR THE PAST
FEW HOURS...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TODAY.
SINCE THE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN A LITTLE TO THE LEFT OF THE FORECAST
TRACK...IT IS NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE WARNINGS SOUTHWARD.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
FLUCTUATIONS COULD OCCUR BUT BONNIE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A POWERFUL
HURRICANE UNTIL IT MAKES LANDFALL.  

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NEAR THE COAST AND HURRICANE
CONDITIONS SHOULD REACH THE COAST IN SEVERAL 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 2 AM EDT POSITION...31.8 N... 77.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 964 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC.
 
 
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