ALERT #22 ON TROPICAL STORM ERIKA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 10 AM EDT, SATURDAY, 29TH AUGUST, 2015.
…ERIKA HAS DISSIPATED INTO A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE…
ALL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
AT 9:30 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF THE REMNANT OF ERIKA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 75.9 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES EAST-NORTHEASTOF HOLGUIN CUBA, 210 MILES WEST OF GRAND TURK, 115 MILES WEST OF GREAT INAGUA, 125 MILES SOUTH OF DEADMAN’S CAY, LONG ISLAND AND 260 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW PROVIDENCE.
THE REMNANT OF ERIKA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 22 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO.
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE MODERATE TO SEVERE FLOODING THROUGHOUT THESE ISLANDS, PARTICULARLY LOW-LYING AREAS.
SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS NEAR HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. THESE GUSTY WINDS COULD SPREAD TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE LAST ALERT MESSAGE ON THE REMNANTS OF ERIKA.
