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Alert #4 on Tropical Storm Fiona Issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology, Saturday 17th September 2022 at 9PM EDT.

...LIFE THREATENING FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO FROM FIONA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS…

…RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SHOULD CONTINUE PREPARATIONS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HURRICANE CONDITIONS BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING…

A HURRICANE ALERT IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. INCLUDED ARE THE ISLANDS OF INAGUA, MAYAGUANA, ACKLINS, CROOKED ISLAND, SAMANA CAY, LONG CAY AND RAGGED ISLAND, ALONG WITH ALL OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

A HURRICANE ALERT MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS COULD BE EXPERIENCED IN THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 60 HOURS.

AT 8PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FIONA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 64.9 DEGREES WEST, OR ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF ST. CROIX, OR 527 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COCKBURN TOWN, GRAND TURK, OR 645 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MATTHEW TOWN INAGUA, OR 995 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW PROVIDENCE.

TROPICAL STORM FIONA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH, AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.A NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS FORECAST TO BEGIN ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF FIONA WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS THIS EVENING, APPROACH PUERTO RICO TONIGHT, AND MOVE ACROSS PUERTO RICO BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FIONA WILL THEN MOVE OFFSHORE THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON MONDAY AND NEAR OR TO THE EAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, AND FIONA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE REACHING THE SOUTHERN COAST OF PUERTO RICO ON SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHILE FIONA MOVES OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC.

SWELLS GENERATED BY FIONA ARE AFFECTING THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS. BEACHGOERS ARE TO REFRAIN FROM ENTERING THE WATERS AS LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ARE ADVISED NOT TO VENTURE FAR FROM PORT.

THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL STORM FIONA WILL BE ISSUED AT 12 AM EDT, SUNDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER, 2022.

ISSUED BY: KAYLINDA WARD-FORBES
CHIEF METEOROLOGICAL OFFICER
BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY

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