ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN HURRICANE BONNIE ADVISORY NUMBER 34 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT THU AUG 27 1998 ...CORRECTION FOR WARNING SECTION... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET NORTH CAROLINA TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND AND ALBEMARLE SOUND. THE HURRICANE WARNING SOUTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET NORTH CAROLINA TO MURRELLS INLET SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z. A HURRICANE WATCH AND TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA AND IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT SOUTHWARD. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM DRUM POINT TO SMITH POINT...AND THE POTOMAC RIVER FROM COBB ISLAND TO SMITH POINT. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA TO CAPE HENLOPEN DELAWARE. AT 5AM EDT...0900Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CAPE HENLOPEN DELAWARE TO SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY INCLUDING DELAWARE BAY. AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM SOUTH OF MURRELLS INLET TO CAPE ROMAIN SOUTH CAROLINA. 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 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.5 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA. BONNIE IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH. THIS SLOW NORTH- NORTHEAST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS TRACK... BONNIE WILL BE PERSISTING OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOR ANOTHER 24 HOURS OR SO...CREATING A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 85 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS IS A LARGE HURRICANE AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR FAR FROM THE CENTER. FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CIRCULATION INTERACTS WITH LAND. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES MAINLY OVER WATER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.64 INCHES. DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF BONNIE AND ITS SLOW MOTION...PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CAN EXPECT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS...WAVES...HIGH STORM SURGE...AND HEAVY RAINS. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...ALONG WITH THE LARGE BATTERING WAVES...ARE LIKELY NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE HURRICANE HAS REACHED THE COAST. INLAND HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SEE STATEMENTS BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE PATH OF BONNIE...POSING A VERY SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...34.7 N... 77.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB. INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 AM EDT AND 9 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT. GUINEY STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. NNNN