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Last Updated: Aug 12, 2021 - 1:55:20 PM |
ALERT #19 ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRED ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, THURSDAY 12TH AUGUST 2021, AT 12AM EDT.
…FRED PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC…
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS. THIS INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF INAGUA, MAYAGUANA, ACKLINS, CROOKED ISLAND, SAMANA CAY, LONG CAY AND RAGGED ISLAND, AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD BE EXPERIENCED IN THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 48 HOURS.
AT 11 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRED WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 72.2 DEGREES WEST, OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF CAP HAITIEN, HAITI, OR 140 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MATTHEW TOWN INAGUA, OR 150 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GRAND TURK, AND 510 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW PROVIDENCE.
FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH, AND A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF FRED IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER NORTHERN HAITI OVERNIGHT, MOVE NEAR THE TURK AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS TODAY, AND MOVE NEAR OR NORTH OF THE NORTHERN COAST OF CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE, IF ANY CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SLOW RE-INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY TONIGHT.
RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED ALL PREPARATIONS, FOR THE PASSAGE OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRED. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.
THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRED WILL BE ISSUED AT 3AM.
ISSUED BY: BASIL DEAN/S. SEARS
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