THIS IS ALERT NUMBER NINETEEN (#19) ON HURRICANE IRENE ISSUED BY THE

BAHAMAS METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, AT 6:00 PM, TUESDAY, 23RD AUGUST

2011.

... IRENE LASHING THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE BAHAMAS WHICH

INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF BIMINI, GRAND BAHAMA, ABACO, BERRY ISLANDS,

ELEUTHERA, NEW PROVIDENCE, ANDROS, LONG ISLAND, SAN SALVADOR, RUM CAY,

CAT ISLAND, EXUMA AND ITS CAYS, INAGUA, MAYAGUANA, CROOKED ISLAND,

RAGGED ISLAND, ACKLINS AND ALL THE SURROUNDING CAYS. A HURRICANE WARNING

IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE

MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN THIRTY-SIX (36) HOURS.

AT 5:00 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE

20.9° DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 71.5° DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 50 MILES

SOUTH-SOUTHWEST (SSW) OF GRAND TURK, TURKS AND CAICOS, ABOUT 110 MILES

EAST (E) OF GREAT INAGUA ISLAND AND ABOUT 465 MILES SOUTHEAST (SE) OF

NASSAU.

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