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HURRICANE MATTHEW TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142016
300 AM EDT SAT OCT 08 2016

...3 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE...
...NORTHERN EYEWALL WITH HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS MOVING ONSHORE
HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND PRITCHARDS ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA...

A wind gust of 65 mph (104 km/h) was recently measured by NOAA
buoy 41033, located just offshore of Pritchards Island, South
Carolina.  A wind gust of 46 mph (74 km/h) was recently reported
at the airport on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Water levels remain high along much of the St. Johns River, with
3.3 feet of storm surge inundation reported at the Racy Point
tide gauge.  About 4.0 ft of storm surge inundation was reported at
Ft. Pulaski, Georgia, near Savannah, and 3.2 ft of storm surge
inundation has been reported at the Port of Charleston, South
Carolina.

SUMMARY OF 300 AM EDT...0700 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...31.7N 80.6W
ABOUT 35 MI...60 KM S OF HILTON HEAD SOUTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 90 MI...145 KM SSW OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 10 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...954 MB...28.17 INCHES

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Forecaster Stewart

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