ALERT #12 ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY WEDNESDAY 3RD AUGUST, 2011 AT 9 PM EDT.
EMILY STALLS…STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER HISPANIOLA…
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, WHICH INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF INAGUA, MAYAGUANA, CROOKED ISLAND, ACKLINS, RAGGED ISLAND, CAT ISLAND, GREAT EXUMA AND ITS CAYS, LONG ISLAND, RUM CAY AND SAN SALVADOR.
A WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 36 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS, WHICH INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF GRAND BAHAMA, BIMINI, ABACO, THE BERRY ISLANDS, ANDROS, NEW PROVIDENCE AND ELEUTHERA.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 48 HOURS.
AT 8:00 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EMILY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 70.6 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ISLA BEATA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MATTHEW TOWN, GREAT INAGUA AND 306 MILES SOUTH OF PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
EMILY HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT SHE IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A WESTWARD MOTION OF ABOUT 14 MILES PER HOUR IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF EMILY WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA OF HAITI EARLY THURSDAY AND MOVE OVER EXTREME EASTERN CUBA AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN HAITI EARLY THURSDAY AND OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN CUBA THURSDAY NIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAINS NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS SOME WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE AS EMILY INTERACTS WITH THE HIGH TERRAIN OF HAITI AND EASTERN CUBA. SOME RE-STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE WHEN THE CYCLONE MOVES OVER THE BAHAMAS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD 115 MILES MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
RESIDENTS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHOULD COMPLETE FINAL PREPARATIONS TODAY AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF EMILY.
RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE STORM AND ENSURE THAT ALL PRE-SEASON PRECAUTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND BEGIN FINAL PREPARATIONS TOMORROW.
SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM PORT.
