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HURRICANE MATTHEW TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142016
900 PM EDT FRI OCT 07 2016

...9 PM EDT POSITION UPDATE...
...STRONG WINDS AND STORM SURGE SPREADING NORTHWARD ALONG THE
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS...

A wind gust of 63 mph (102 km/h) was recently reported at Hilton
Head Airport in South Carolina.  A private weather station at Tybee
Island, Georgia, recently reported a wind gust of 64 mph (104
km/h).  Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph (80 to 95 km/h) continue across
much of the Jacksonville metropolitan area.

Water levels remain high along much of the St. John's River, with 3
to 4.4 feet of storm surge inundation reported at the Racy Point,
Red Bay Point, and I-295 Bridge tide gauges.


SUMMARY OF 900 PM EDT...0100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...30.9N 80.6W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM ESE OF ST. SIMONS ISLAND GEORGIA
ABOUT 55 MI...80 KM ENE OF FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 5 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...948 MB...28.00 INCHES

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Forecaster Brennan

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