ALERT #8 ON TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY SUNDAY 24TH AUGUST 2014 AT 3PM EDT.
…..CRISTOBAL IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD.…
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES ACKLINS, CROOKED ISLAND, LONG CAY, RAGGED ISLAND, MAYAGUANA , INAGUA, CAT ISLAND, THE EXUMAS, LONG ISLAND, RUM CAY AND SAN SALVADOR.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CRISTOBAL AS A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA…..IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
AT 2PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTABOL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGTITUDE 72.9 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND, ABOUT 185 MILES EAST OF GREAT EXUMA AND 285 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU.
