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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  47B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
3 PM EDT SAT SEP 04 1999

...CORRECTED FOR TIME IN REPEATING SECTION...

...CENTER OF DENNIS NEARING NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS...
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA
BORDER TO SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND
ABLEMARLE SOUNDS.
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA...INCLUDING
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT.
 
AT 3 PM EDT...1900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 45 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MOREHEAD CITY NORTH
CAROLINA. 
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. ON THIS COURSE...THE CENTER OF DENNIS
WILL CROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
TONIGHT. CONDITIONS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA ARE DETERIORATING
STEADILY IN ADVANCE OF THE CENTER.
 
DENNIS IS CLOSE TO HURRICANE STRENGTH AS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
NOW NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE IN
THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND DENNIS COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE
LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER LEVELS AT THE HEADS OF BAYS ARE EXPECTED OVER
PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.  LARGE AND DANGEROUS SWELLS ASSOCIATED
WITH DENNIS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE U.S.
EAST COAST.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOW AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN
SPREADING OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF DENNIS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 3 PM EDT POSITION...34.6 N... 76.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
BEVEN
 
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