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000WTNT34 KNHC 072337TCPAT4BULLETINHURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 13ANWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL8 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005 ...MAJOR HURRICANE DENNIS CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN...APPROACHINGCABO CRUZ IN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS FROM THESEVEN MILE BRIDGE WESTWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS...AND A TROPICALSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDAKEYS...EAST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO OCEAN REEF AND FLORIDA BAY. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS EAST OFTHE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO OCEAN REEF AND FLORIDA BAY. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF MATANZAS...VILLA CLARA... CIENFUEGOS...SANCTI SPIRITUS...CIEGO DE AVILA...CAMAGUEY...LAS TUNAS...GRANMA...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...AND GUANTANAMO.A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING PROVINCES OFCUBA INCLUDING THE ISLE OF YOUTH...PINAR DEL RIO...LA HABANA...CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...AND HOLGUIN. A HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE ORTROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...RESPECTIVELY...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THEWARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFEAND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANEWARNING AREA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHERN FLORIDAPENINSULA FROM GOLDEN BEACH SOUTHWARD ON THE EAST COAST AND SOUTHOF BONITA BEACH ON THE WEST COAST. WATCHES AND WARNINGS ALONG BOTHTHE EAST AND WEST COASTS OF FLORIDA WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDEDNORTHWARD LATER THIS EVENING. A HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE OR TROPICALSTORM CONDITIONS...RESPECTIVELY...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCHAREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULAOF HAITI FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER WESTWARD...ALL OFJAMAICA...AND ALL OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. INTERESTS IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...AND THE EASTERNGULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLEINLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUEDBY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATEDNEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 77.1 WEST OR ABOUT 50MILES... 80 KM... SOUTHEAST OF CABO CRUZ IN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA ANDABOUT 135 MILES... 215 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GUANTANAMO CUBA. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...ANDTHIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THISTRACK THE CENTER WILL PASS VERY NEAR CABO CRUZ IN THE NEXT FEWHOURS...AND BE VERY NEAR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF CENTRAL CUBA ONFRIDAY. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATETHAT DENNIS HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN...AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINEDWINDS ARE NOW NEAR 130 MPH...210 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNISIS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONSCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST BEFORE THE CENTERREACHES CENTRAL CUBA...AND DENNIS COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FOURHURRICANE BEFORE REACHING CUBA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UPTO 140 MILES...220 KM. SANTIAGO DE CUBA RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINEDWINDS OF 58 MPH WITH A GUST TO 80 MPH. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUMCENTRAL PRESSURE OF 951 MB...28.08 INCHES. DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO10 INCHES OVER HAITI...JAMAICA...CUBA...AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SIERRAMAESTRA MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN CUBA. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCELIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE LIKELY INAREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF CUBA EAST OFCABO CRUZ. A MUCH LARGER STORM SURGE OF NEAR 20 FEET IS POSSIBLEALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF CUBA WEST OF CABO CRUZ. A STORM SURGEOF 3 TO 6 FEET IS POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...19.4 N... 77.1 W. MOVEMENTTOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH.MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 951 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONALHURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. FORECASTER BEVEN</PRE>
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000WTNT34 KNHC 072337TCPAT4BULLETINHURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 13ANWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL8 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005 ...MAJOR HURRICANE DENNIS CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN...APPROACHINGCABO CRUZ IN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS FROM THESEVEN MILE BRIDGE WESTWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS...AND A TROPICALSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDAKEYS...EAST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO OCEAN REEF AND FLORIDA BAY. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS EAST OFTHE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO OCEAN REEF AND FLORIDA BAY. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF MATANZAS...VILLA CLARA... CIENFUEGOS...SANCTI SPIRITUS...CIEGO DE AVILA...CAMAGUEY...LAS TUNAS...GRANMA...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...AND GUANTANAMO.A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING PROVINCES OFCUBA INCLUDING THE ISLE OF YOUTH...PINAR DEL RIO...LA HABANA...CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...AND HOLGUIN. A HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE ORTROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...RESPECTIVELY...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THEWARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFEAND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANEWARNING AREA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHERN FLORIDAPENINSULA FROM GOLDEN BEACH SOUTHWARD ON THE EAST COAST AND SOUTHOF BONITA BEACH ON THE WEST COAST. WATCHES AND WARNINGS ALONG BOTHTHE EAST AND WEST COASTS OF FLORIDA WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDEDNORTHWARD LATER THIS EVENING. A HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE OR TROPICALSTORM CONDITIONS...RESPECTIVELY...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCHAREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULAOF HAITI FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER WESTWARD...ALL OFJAMAICA...AND ALL OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. INTERESTS IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...AND THE EASTERNGULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLEINLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUEDBY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATEDNEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 77.1 WEST OR ABOUT 50MILES... 80 KM... SOUTHEAST OF CABO CRUZ IN SOUTHEASTERN CUBA ANDABOUT 135 MILES... 215 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GUANTANAMO CUBA. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...ANDTHIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THISTRACK THE CENTER WILL PASS VERY NEAR CABO CRUZ IN THE NEXT FEWHOURS...AND BE VERY NEAR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF CENTRAL CUBA ONFRIDAY. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATETHAT DENNIS HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN...AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINEDWINDS ARE NOW NEAR 130 MPH...210 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNISIS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSONSCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST BEFORE THE CENTERREACHES CENTRAL CUBA...AND DENNIS COULD BECOME A CATEGORY FOURHURRICANE BEFORE REACHING CUBA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UPTO 140 MILES...220 KM. SANTIAGO DE CUBA RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINEDWINDS OF 58 MPH WITH A GUST TO 80 MPH. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUMCENTRAL PRESSURE OF 951 MB...28.08 INCHES. DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO10 INCHES OVER HAITI...JAMAICA...CUBA...AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SIERRAMAESTRA MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN CUBA. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCELIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE LIKELY INAREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF CUBA EAST OFCABO CRUZ. A MUCH LARGER STORM SURGE OF NEAR 20 FEET IS POSSIBLEALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF CUBA WEST OF CABO CRUZ. A STORM SURGEOF 3 TO 6 FEET IS POSSIBLE IN THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...19.4 N... 77.1 W. MOVEMENTTOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH.MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 951 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONALHURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. FORECASTER BEVEN</PRE>