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HURRICANE SANDY ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 1997

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE SANDY MENACES THE U.S. EAST COAST...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST
BAHAMAS.  THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS.  AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE HURRICANE WATCH IS
EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY.  THE HURRICANE WATCH
IS DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.  A HURRICANE
WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO
ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE GREATER NORFOLK AREA.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.5 WEST OR ABOUT 555 MILES SOUTH
OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
SANDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19
KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 155 MPH...250 KM/HR.  SANDY REMAINS
A POWERFUL CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE
SCALE.  LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
A HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE MEASURED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 925
MB...27.32 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...27.3 N... 74.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 925 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY ISSUANCE
AT 5 PM EDT.
 
MAYFIELD
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC.
 
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