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

...DENNIS STALLS AGAIN...EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
OR NORTHWEST 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 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.1 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES
...340 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.

DENNIS HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE TODAY BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A
WEST-NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST TRACK NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...24.5 N... 74.1 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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