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HURRICANE FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  35B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
9 AM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

...HURRICANE FLOYD INLAND OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... 

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF SURF CITY NORTH
CAROLINA TO MANASQUAN INLET NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING PAMLICO 
AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT
...AND FROM MORICHES INLET NEW YORK TO PLYMONTH MASSACHUSETTS.  AT 9
AM EDT...HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FROM SURF CITY
SOUTHWARD.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE POTOMAC BASIN...DELAWARE BAY...AND FROM NORTH OF MANASQUAN
INLET NEW JERSEY TO MORICHES INLET NEW YORK...INCLUDING LONG ISLAND
SOUND...AND FROM NORTH OF PLYMONTH TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.

INTERESTS FROM SURF CITY SOUTHWARD SHOULD MAINTAIN PRECAUTIONS UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 9 AM EDT...1300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 36.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.6 WEST OR NEAR EDENTON NORTH
CAROLINA.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST FOR TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 
230 MILES...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 962 MB...28.41 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.  ELSEWHERE ALONG THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST...
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS COASTAL
FLOODING ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PATH OF THE HURRICANE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA...THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...DELAWARE...AND NEW JERSEY
TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 9 AM EDT POSITION...36.0 N... 76.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 962 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE AT 11 AM
EDT.
 
LAWRENCE
 
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