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ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 2 AM AST THU AUG 26 1999

...DENNIS BECOMES A HURRICANE...

A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT...EXUMAS...LONG...RUM CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR ISLANDS. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING ABACOS...ANDROS ...BERRY...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA...AND NEW PROVIDENCE ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY THE CAROLINAS...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DENNIS.

AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.1 WEST OR ABOUT 290 MILES...465 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.

DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...8 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. .

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM ...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...23.8 N... 73.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.

BEVEN

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