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Life-Threatening Storm Inching Over Grand Bahama Island: Update 2pm Monday

Life-Threatening Storm Surge and Winds Continue Over Grand Bahama Island.

Grand Bahama Island has weakened Dorian which dropped to a strong Cat 4 storm with 150 mph winds. Winds still expanding out from the eye for 45 miles. The hurricane is moving slowly westward to west-northwestward creeping along, and forecast to turn soon.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...

* Lantana to the Flagler/Volusia County Line

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...

* North of Deerfield Beach to south of Lantana

* Flagler/Volusia County Line to the Savannah River

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...

* Grand Bahama and the Abacos Islands in the northwestern Bahamas

* Jupiter Inlet to the Flagler/Volusia County Line

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...

* North of Deerfield Beach to Jupiter Inlet

* Flagler/Volusia County Line to the Altamaha Sound Georgia

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...

* North of Deerfield Beach to Jupiter Inlet

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...

* North of Golden Beach to Deerfield Beach

* Lake Okeechobee

At 200 PM EDT (1800 UTC) 9/2/2019, the eye of Hurricane Dorian was located near latitude 26.8 North, longitude 78.4 West. Dorian is moving very slowly toward the west-northwest near 1 mph (2 km/h). A slow westward to west-northwestward motion is forecast during the next day or so, followed by a gradual turn toward the northwest and north. On this track, the core of extremely dangerous Hurricane Dorian will continue to pound Grand Bahama Island through much of today and tonight. The hurricane will then move dangerously close to the Florida east coast late tonight through Wednesday evening and then move dangerously close to the Georgia and South Carolina coasts on Wednesday night and Thursday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 150 mph (240 km/h) with higher gusts. Dorian is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Although gradual weakening is forecast, Dorian is expected to remain a powerful hurricane during the next couple of days.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km). Sustained winds of 56 mph (91 km/h) with a gust to 69 mph (111 km/h) was recently reported at a NOAA Coastal Marine observing site at Settlement Point on the west end of Grand Bahama Island. A wind gust to 48 mph (78 km/h) was recently report at Juno Beach Pier, Florida.


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