Tropical Storm Warning In Effect For Central and Southeast Bahamas

Sat, Sep 23rd 2017, 11:43 AM

ALERT NUMBER TWENTY-NINE (29) ON HURRICANE MARIA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER, 2017 AT 12AM EDT.

  …DANGEROUS HURRICANE MARIA FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS

  TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.  THIS INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF CAT ISLAND, EXUMA, LONG ISLAND, RUM CAY AND SAN SALVADOR, MAYAGUANA, INAGUA, CROOKED ISLAND, ACKLINS, LONG CAY, SAMANA CAY AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. 


 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTING OR CAN AFFECT THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS WITHIN 36 HOURS.

 AT 11PM EDT, THE EYE OF HURRICANE MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.1 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 71.7 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GRAND TURK, THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, 145 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABRAHAM’S BAY, MAYAGUANA, 175 MILES EAST OF COCKBURN TOWN, SAN SALVADOR, AND 365 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEW PROVIDENCE.

 MARIA CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH, BUT A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH SHOULD BEGIN TODAY. THIS FORECAST WILL BRING THE CORE OF MARIA EAST OF THE BAHAMAS LATER TODAY AND THEN OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC.

 MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 125 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  MARIA REMAINS A CATEGORY THREE (3) HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. NO IMPORTANT CHANGES IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED TODAY, BUT GRADUAL WEAKENING SHOULD BEGIN ON SUNDAY.

 HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES.

 HURRICANE MARIA POTENTIALLY CAN PRODUCE SEVERAL TORNADOES AS IT MOVES ALONG ITS TRACK.

 TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND MAYAGUANA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE LATER TODAY. RESIDENTS IN CAT ISLAND, EXUMA, LONG ISLAND, RUM CAY AND SAN SALVADOR INAGUA, CROOKED ISLAND, ACKLINS, LONG CAY, AND SAMANA CAY CAN EXPECT OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY.  

 WATER LEVELS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE AS MARIA MOVES AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS.

 LARGE SWELLS AND BATTERING WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN COASTS OF THE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

 EXTENSIVE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED AS MARIA IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES. RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS AS WELL AS THE EASTERN BAHAMAS AS MARIA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH OF THOSE ISLANDS TODAY.

 SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE HARBOUR.

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