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Last Updated: Aug 23, 2020 - 8:10:58 PM |
ALERT # 28 ON TROPICAL STORM LAURA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, SUNDAY 23RD AUGUST 2020, AT 6 PM EDT.
… AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS A SLIGHTLY STRONGER LAURA JUST SOUTH OF EASTERN CUBA... AND LIFE - THREATENING FLASH FLOODING LIKELY OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC... HAITI … CUBA…AND JAMAICA...
THE ALL CLEAR IS NOW GIVEN FOR THE ISLANDS OF GRAND BAHAMA, ABACO, BIMINI, THE BERRY ISLANDS, ANDROS, NEW PROVIDENCE, ELEUTHERA, EXUMA, CAT ISLAND, SAN SALVADOR, RUM CAY, LONG ISLAND, CROOKED ISLAND, ACKLINS, LONG CAY, SAMANA CAY, MAYAGUANA AND THE TURKS AND CACIOS ISLANDS.
THEREFORE, TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS, WATCHES AND ALERTS FOR THE MENTIONED ISLANDS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR INAGUA AND RAGGED ISLAND .
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD BE EXPERIENCED WITHIN 36 HOURS.
AT 5 P M EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LAURA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 1 9 . 5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 7 5.2 DEGREES WEST, OR ABOUT 5 0 MILES SOUTH OF GUANTANAMO CUBA OR ABOUT 2 33 MILE S S OUTH WEST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS , OR ABOUT 148 MILES SOUTH WEST OF INAGUA OR ABOUT 218 MILES SOUTH OF RAGGED ISLAND , OR ABOUT 4 04 MILES SOUTH - SOUTHEAST OF NEW PROVIDENCE.
LAURA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST - NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS . A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF LAURA WILL MOVE NEAR OR OVER CUBA TONIGHT AND MONDAY, WHILE PASSING S OUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS TONIGHT
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 6 0 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE PRIMARILY OCCURING TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST WHILE LAURA MOVES NEAR CUBA. HOWEVER, STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AFTER LAURA MOVES OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND LAURA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TUESDAY OR TUESDAY NIGHT.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTENDS OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER .
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CACIOS ISLANDS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS DU RING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM S TONIGHT AND REMAIN VI GILANT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADIC ACTIVITY .
RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS MAY RESUME NORMAL ACTIVITIES.
THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL STORM LAURA WILL BE ISSUED AT 9 PM EDT TODAY.
ISSUED BY: BASIL A. DEAN
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