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HURRICANE IOKE ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012006
1100 PM HST TUE AUG 22 2006

...HURRICANE IOKE SLOWLY MOVING AWAY FROM JOHNSTON ISLAND...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
AT 1100 PM HST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IOKE WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 170.5 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES 
WEST-NORTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ABOUT 870 MILES WEST-
SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU.
 
IOKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IOKE IS 
A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE 
IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 971 MB...28.67 INCHES.
 
HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WITH STRONG WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS...
AND BATTERING WAVES WILL GRADUALLY EASE ON JOHNSTON ISLAND 
OVERNIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM HST POSITION...17.2 N...170.5 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...971 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 500 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER R BALLARD/HOUSTON