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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 15A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT FRI AUG 27 1999

...DENNIS NOT STRENGTHENING AT THIS TIME... 
  
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM
SEBASTIAN INLET NORTHWARD TO FERNANDINA BEACH. A HURRICANE WATCH MAY
BE ADJUSTED NORTHWARD AS THE HURRICANE MOVES PARALLEL TO THE EAST
FLORIDA COAST.
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ELEUTHERA... THE ABACOS...BERRY
AND GRAND BAHAMA ISLANDS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.

PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.
 
RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FROM
CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF DENNIS.
 
AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  76.0 WEST OR ABOUT 335 MILES
...540 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. 
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON
THIS TRACK...DENNIS WILL BE MOVING NEAR OR OVER THE ABACO ISLANDS IN
THE BAHAMAS TONIGHT.  
 
WHILE SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST THAT DENNIS IS A LITTLE BETTER
ORGANIZED...WITH AN EYE FORMING...LATEST INFORMATION FROM AN AIR
FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATES THAT NEITHER AN INCREASE OF THE
WINDS NOR A DROP IN THE PRESSURE HAS YET OCCURRED.  MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS
CONFINED TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...
230 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF THE
HURRICANE.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS WITH
BATTERING WAVES ARE LIKELY ON THE BAHAMA ISLANDS NEAR THE PATH OF
THE HURRICANE.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...25.8 N... 76.0 W.   MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 
80 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM EDT.
 
AVILA
 
 
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