788 
WTNT61 KNHC 141856
TCUAT1

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

...300 PM EDT POSITION UPDATE...
...FLORENCE MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...
...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE...

NOAA Doppler weather radar data and surface observations indicate
that the center of Hurricane Florence has continued to move slowly
westward toward the North Carolina-South Carolina border.

The Weatherflow station at Federal Point, North Carolina, recently
reported sustained winds of 59 mph (95 km/h) and a wind gust of
72 mph (116 km/h).  Surface observations indicate that the central
pressure has risen to near 970 mb (28.64 inches).

Heavy rain continues over eastern North Carolina.  The National
Weather Service Forecast Office in Morehead City has measured 15.56
inches of rainfall thus far.


SUMMARY OF 300 PM EDT...1900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...34.0N 78.4W
ABOUT 35 MI...65 KM WSW OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 35 MI...65 KM NE OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB...28.64 INCHES

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Forecaster Beven