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Hurricane FLORENCE


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Hurricane Florence Tropical Cyclone Update...Corrected
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL062018
100 PM EDT Thu Sep 13 2018

Corrected issuance time to 100 PM EDT

...WINDS AND SURF INCREASING ALONG THE OUTER BANKS AND COASTAL
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND RAINFALL EXPECTED...
...TORNADO THREAT INCREASING AS FLORENCE MOVES CLOSER...

A NOAA reporting station at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, recently
reported a sustained wind of 45 mph...72 km/h and a gust to 54 mph
...87 km/h.  A Weatherflow private observing station in Pamlico
Sound, North Carolina, recently reported a sustained wind of 51
mph...82 km/h and a gust to 61 mph...98 km/h.


SUMMARY OF 100 PM EDT...1700 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...33.6N 75.9W
ABOUT 115 MI...190 KM ESE OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 175 MI...280 KM E OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 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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