439 
WTNT61 KNHC 131551
TCUAT1

Hurricane Florence Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL062018
1200 PM EDT Thu Sep 13 2018

...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS 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 55 mph...89 km/h and a gust to 70 mph
...113 km/h.  A Weatherflow private observing station in Ocracoke,
North Carolina, recently reported a sustained wind of 50 mph...80
km/h and a gust to 52 mph...100 km/h.


SUMMARY OF 1200 PM EDT...1600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...33.5N 75.7W
ABOUT 130 MI...210 KM ESE OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 185 MI...300 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