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Hurricane FLORENCE (Text)


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Hurricane Florence Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL062018
1000 AM EDT Thu Sep 13 2018

...HEAVY RAINBANDS WITH TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS SPREADING ACROSS
THE OUTER BANKS AND COASTAL SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND RAINFALL EXPECTED...

Data from an Air Force Reserve Unit Hurricane Hunter aircraft and
NOAA Doppler weather radars from Morehead City and Wilmington,
North Carolina, indicate that Florence has changed little. Maximum
sustained winds remain near 110 mph (175 km/h). The latest minimum
central pressure based on data from the aircraft is 955 mb (28.20
inches). NOAA Buoy 41025, located near Diamond Shoals, North
Carolina, recently reported a sustained wind of 54 mph...87 km/h
and a gust to 59 mph...94 km/h. A wind gust to 51 mph...81 km/h was
recently reported in Morehead City, North Carolina.


SUMMARY OF 1000 AM EDT...1400 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...33.3N 75.4W
ABOUT 160 MI...255 KM ESE OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 205 MI...330 KM E OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...955 MB...28.20 INCHES

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Forecaster Stewart

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