National Hurricane Center Hurricane Camille Bulletin 4

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER  MIAMI

BULLETIN 9 AM  EDT  FRIDAY  AUGUST 15, 1969

...CAMILLE A FULL FLEDGED HURRICANE...

ESSA RECONNAISSANCE PLANE FOUND CAMILLE HURRICANE FORCE WITH HIGHEST WINDS ESTIMATED 90 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE STILL FAVORABLE FOR SOME FURTHER INTENSIFICATION AND ALL INTERESTS IN CUBA WEST OF PINAR DEL RIO SHOULD PREPARE FOR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES OF 5 TO 10 FEET ON BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH COASTS. GALES WILL BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND HURRICANE WINDS BY MID AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE WEST OF HAVANA WINDS WILL BE OF GALE FORCE.

AT 9 AM EDT HURRICANE CAMILLE WAS NEAR LATITUDE 20.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.9 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES FROM EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CUBA. HURRICANE CAMILLE IS MOVING TOWARD CAPE SAN ANTONIO AT 8 MPH AND A SLIGHT TURN TO A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK IS FORECAST AFTER THE HURRICANE REACHES THE GULF.

HEAVY RAINS AND GALES ARE OCCURRING OVER MOST OF THE ISLE OF PINES AND HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM HAVANA WESTWARD.

SMALL CRAFT AROUND WESTERN CUBA SHOULD BE IN SAFE HARBOR AND THOSE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM SHORE.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT NOON.

KRAFT