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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 28A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT MON AUG 30 1999
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINA BORDER...INCLUDING
PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH
CAROLINA/VIRGINA BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINA INCLUDING SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA TO CAPE
HENLOPEN DELAWARE.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 35.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.5 WEST OR ABOUT 120
MILES...190 KM...EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...28
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  966 MB...28.53 INCHES.

ONSHORE WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD PRODUCE STORM SURGE FLOODING
OF 2 TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH
DENNIS SHOULD CONTINUE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE U.S. EAST COAST.
SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.
 
RAINS SHOULD BE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
OF UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE.

REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...35.0 N... 73.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...966 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
BEVEN
 
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