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Hurricane MATTHEW


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HURRICANE MATTHEW TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142016
1000 AM EDT SAT OCT 08 2016

...10 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE...
...STRONG WINDS AND FLOODING RAINS SPREADING INLAND OVER SOUTH
AND NORTH CAROLINA...

A wind gust to 70 mph (113 km/h) has recently been reported at
Folly Beach Pier.  The official observing site in Charleston, South
Carolina, has reported a wind gust to 55 mph (89 km/h) within the
past hour.  Strong wind gusts are also occuring well inland.  A wind
gust to 52 mph (83 km/h) was recently reported at Darlington, South
Carolina, and a wind gust to 49 mph (80 km/h) has been observed in
Fayetteville, North Carolina.


SUMMARY OF 1000 AM EDT...1400 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...32.8N 79.5W
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM ESE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 70 MI...110 KM SSW OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...963 MB...28.44 INCHES

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Forecaster Brown

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