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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  26A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT TUE SEP 14 1999

...CORRECTION FOR DISTANCE FROM MIAMI...

...FLOYD POUNDING THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS
...INCLUDING THE ABACO ISLANDS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS
...BIMINI... ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA AND NEW PROVIDENCE ISLAND
...AND FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS ...INCLUDING CAT ISLAND...EXUMAS
ISLANDS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR ISLAND.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE MAINLAND FLORIDA
EAST COAST FROM FLORIDA CITY TO JUST SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE NORTHWARD.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO LITTLE
RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.3 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES
...85 KM...EAST OF ELEUTHERA ISLAND IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. THIS
POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI FLORIDA. 
 
FLOYD IS NOW MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND 
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 155 MPH...250 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 290 MILES...465 KM.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  928 MB...27.40 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE BAHAMAS.  FLOODING OF 5 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST IF THE CENTER REACHES THE
COAST.
 
THERE ARE HEAVY SURF ADVISORIES ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST NORTHWARD
TO SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY.  PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
 
RAINBANDS FROM FLOYD ARE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS
OF THE BAHAMAS AND LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...24.9 N... 75.3 W.  MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 928 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM EDT
 
GUINEY

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