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WTNT61 KNHC 140154 CCA
TCUAT1

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

...1000 PM POSITION UPDATE...
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS CONTINUING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CAPE LOOKOUT
NORTH CAROLINA AREA...

A NOAA observing site at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, recently
reported a sustained wind of 83 mph (133 km/h) and a gust to
101 mph (163 km/h).  A private weather station in Davis, North
Carolina, recently reported a sustained wind of 79 mph (127 km/h)
and a wind gust of 98 mph (158 km/h).  A Weatherflow station at Fort
Macon, North Carolina, recently reported a sustained wind of 71 mph
(114 km/h) and a wind gust of 100 mph (160 km/h).

Water levels continue to rise quickly on the western side of
Pamlico Sound.  A gauge at Oriental, North Carolina, on the Neuse
River is recording a water height of about 6.0 feet above normal
levels.


SUMMARY OF 1000 PM EDT...0200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...34.0N 76.7W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM S OF MOREHEAD CITY NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 70 MI...115 KM ESE OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...8 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...956 MB...28.23 INCHES

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Forecaster Beven