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ALL CLEAR GIVEN AT 8PM
ALERT #7 ON TROPICAL STORM KATE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY MONDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2015 AT 5 PM EST.
…..TROPICAL STORM KATE NEAR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS…
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS.
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. THIS INCLUDES GRAND BAHAMA, ABACO, ANDROS, BIMINI, THE BERRY ISLANDS, NEW PROVIDENCE AND ELEUTHERA.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTING OR COULD AFFECT SOME OF THE MENTIONED ISLANDS, IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS.
AT 4 PM EST THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 76.1 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GOVERNORS HARBOUR, ELEUTHERA, 101 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSH HARBOUR, ABACO AND 83 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NEW PROVIDENCE.
TROPICAL STORM KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MILES PER HOUR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A FASTER NORTHEASTWARD MOTION ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF KATE IS FORECAST TO PASS NEAR OR OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
RESIDENTS IN THE MENTIONED ISLANDS SHOULD READY THEMSELVES FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL STORM KATE WILL BE ISSUED AT 8 PM EST.
ISSUED BY: BASIL DEAN - DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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