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

...600 PM POSITION UPDATE...
...DANGEROUS STORM SURGE FLOODING OCCURRING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF
PAMLICO SOUND...

A NOAA observing site at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, recently
reported a sustained wind of 68 mph (109 km/h) and a gust to 84
mph (135 km/h).  A private weather station in Davis, North Carolina,
recently reported a sustained wind of 56 mph (90 km/h) and a wind
gust of 75 mph (121 km/h).  A Weatherflow station at Fort Macon,
North Carolina, recently reported a sustained wind of 55 mph (89
km/h) and a wind gust of 76 mph (122 km/h).

Water levels are increasingly quickly on the western side of
Pamlico Sound.  A gauge at Cedar Island, North Carolina, recently
recorded a water height of about 4 feet above normal levels.


SUMMARY OF 600 PM EDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...33.9N 76.3W
ABOUT 90 MI...140 KM ESE OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 150 MI...240 KM E OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...8 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...955 MB...28.20 INCHES

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Forecaster Berg/Beven

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