635 WTNT61 KNHC 131659 TCUAT1 Hurricane Florence Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL062018 1200 PM EDT Thu Sep 13 2018 ...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 ---------------------------------------------- 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 $$ Forecaster Stewart