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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  12A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST THU AUG 26 1999

...DENNIS REMAINS STATIONARY...EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND
FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS...ELEUTHERA AND THE ABACOS.
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHWEST
BAHAMAS INCLUDING ANDROS...BERRY...BIMINI...GRAND BAHAMA...AND NEW
PROVIDENCE ISLANDS.
 
RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA..SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
DENNIS.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.2 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES
...320 KM...EAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.

DENNIS HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE THIS EVENING HOWEVER...A MOTION TO
THE WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST TRACK NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...IS
EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  80 MPH...130
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS CONFINED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE
CENTER.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...AND
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
THESE WINDS ARE PRIMARILY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...24.7 N... 74.2 W.  MOVEMENT...
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM AST.
 
GUINEY
 
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