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Restoration Updates & Information
Storm Warning Update
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Updates
ALERT #3 ON TROPICAL STORM SANDY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY TUESDAY 23RDOCTOBER 2012 AT 6PM EDT.
…..SANDY CONTINUES MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD…
…..A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS…..
A WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD AFFECT THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 48 HOURS.
AT 5 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGTITUDE 77.6 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 260 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA OR ABOUT 560 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF RAGGED ISLAND.
TROPICAL STORM SANDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MILES PER HOUR. A NORTH-NORTHEAST OR NORTHWARD MOTION WITH A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF SANDY WILL MOVE NEAR OR OVER JAMAICA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON….AND NEAR OR OVER EASTERN CUBA WEDNESDAY NIGHT… AND APPROACH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN INTO A HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT NEARS JAMAICA.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER.
RESIDENTS IN THE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLAND SHOULD READY THEMSELVES FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLYING DEBRIS AND FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL STORM SANDY WILL BE ISSUED AT 9 PM EDT.
ISSUED BY: BASIL DEAN - DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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