Isais Continues to Impact Bimini, Berry Islands and Grand Bahama Alert #35

Sun, Aug 2nd 2020, 09:26 AM

ALERT #35 ON TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, SUNDAY 2ND AUGUST 2020, AT 3 AM EDT.

 ...ISAIAS CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE ISLANDS OF BIMINI, GRAND BAHAMA AND THE BERRY ISLANDS...

 HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF GRAND BAHAMA, BIMINI AND THE BERRY ISLANDS INCLUDING THE NEIGHBOURING CAYS.

 A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE BEING


EXPERIENCED OR COULD BE EXPERIENCED SOMEWHERE IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 3 TO 6 HOURS.

 AT 2 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF ISAIAS WAS NEAR LATITUDE 25.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 79.1 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALICE TOWN BIMINI, 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FREEPORT GRAND BAHAMA AND 99 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW PROVIDENCE.

 ISAIAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. A GENERAL NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY, FOLLOWED BY A NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION BY TONIGHT.  A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTH-NORTHEAST IS ANTICIPATED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH AN

INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF ISAIAS WILL MOVE NORTH OF BIMINI AND NEAR THE FLORIDA COAST LATER THIS MORNING.

 MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME

RE-STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY. SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

 TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

 STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG COASTAL AREAS THROUGHOUT THE BAHAMAS.

 BIMINI IS EXPERIENCING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WHICH WILL INCREASE TO NEAR HURRICANE CONDITIONS THROUGH TODAY.  GRAND BAHAMA WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IN BIMINI AND GRAND BAHAMA WILL SUBSIDE LATER ON TODAY AS ISAIAS MOVES AWAY FROM THE BAHAMAS.

 LOCALIZED FLOODING IS EXPECTED AS ISAIAS IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.

 RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS WHILE EXPERIENCING HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. TORNADIC ACTIVITIES ARE POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 

 SMALL CRAFT IN THE BAHAMAS IN THE WARNING AREAS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOUR AND REMAIN IN PORT DUE TO DANGEROUS SWELLS AHEAD, DURING AND AFTER THE PASSAGE OF ISAIAS.

 RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO FOLLOW ALL ADVICE GIVEN IN ALERT MESSAGES.

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