ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN HURRICANE BONNIE ADVISORY NUMBER 30 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT WED AUG 26 1998 CORRECTION TO MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ...DANGEROUS HURRICANE HEADING FOR LAND... HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM EDISTO BEACH 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 EDISTO BEACH AND FROM CHINCOTEAGUE 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 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.6 WEST OR ABOUT 130 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA. BONNIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER SHOULD REACH THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THIS IS A LARGE HURRICANE AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR FAR FROM THE CENTER. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IS FORECAST BEFORE LANDFALL LATER TODAY. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE AT THE COAST AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS SHOULD REACH THE COAST IN A FEW HOURS. 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 REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 964 MB...28.47 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 TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER EXTREME EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...32.4 N... 77.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 115 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 964 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT. LAWRENCE STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. NNNN