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Hurricane Florence Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL062018
1200 PM EDT Fri Sep 14 2018

...FLORENCE WOBBLING SLOWLY WESTWARD OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN NORTH
CAROLINA...

NOAA Doppler weather radar data and surface observations indicate
that the center of Hurricane Florence has turned back toward west.
An erratic motion between westward and west-southwestward is likely
today.

During the past hour, a station operated by Weatherflow at Federal
Point, North Carolina, reported a sustained wind of 56 mph (90 km/h)
and a gust to 72 mph (116 km/h), a sustained wind of 53 mph (85
km/h) and a gust to 72 mph (116 km/h) was observed at Mercer Pier in
Wrightsville Beach, and a sustained wind of 51 mph (82 km/h) and a
gust to 75 mph (121 km/h) was measured at the Wilmington offshore
buoy. In addition, an Amateur Radio operator in Oak Island near
Cape Fear, North Carolina, recently reported a sustained wind of 68
mph (109 km/h) and a gust to 87 mph (140 km/h).

Some Hurricane Florence heavy rainfall reports received thus far --

18.53 inches  Oriental, NC
14.07 inches  Surf City, NC
13.81 inches  WFO Morehead City, NC
13.07 inches  Jacksonville, NC

SUMMARY OF 1200 PM EDT...1600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...34.0N 78.2W
ABOUT 25 MI...45 KM WSW OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 45 MI...75 KM ENE OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...SW OR 270 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...964 MB...28.47 INCHES

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Forecaster Stewart