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HURRICANE DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT FRI AUG 27 1999

...CORRECTION FOR PRESSURE IN INCHES...

...DENNIS DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST...HURRICANE CONDITIONS SPREADING
OVER THE ABACOS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH. A HURRICANE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SEBASTIAN INLET NORTHWARD TO FERNANDINA
BEACH. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND THE 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.
 
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 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  76.5 WEST OR ABOUT 290 MILES
...460 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA.
 
DENNIS IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY. ON THIS TRACK..DENNIS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
OVER THE ABACO ISLANDS THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
RECENT REPORTS OF GUSTS TO 78 MPH IN MAN-OF-WAR CAY IN THE ABACOS
HAVE BEEN RELAYED TO NHC FROM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS. GRADUAL
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 
145 MILES.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 980 MB...28.94 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...
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE LIKELY IN
THE BAHAMA ISLANDS NEAR THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...26.4 N... 76.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 
80 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
EDT...SATURDAY.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.

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