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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER  38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT THU SEP 02 1999
 
...DENNIS REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SURF CITY NORTH
CAROLINA TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS AND SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA TO FENWICK
ISLAND DELAWARE.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.6 WEST OR ABOUT 110
MILES EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
DENNIS HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY AND NO SIGNIFICANT MOTION IS
EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.  LARGE SWELLS
ASSOCIATED WITH DENNIS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFFECTING PORTIONS
OF THE U.S. EAST COAST.  SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...35.3 N... 73.6 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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