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Message fe6a2afb-c71d-4017-99ae-331c0fe9ae4d from ABMS_Met_Office sent at 19:13:39 on 2020-07-28
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A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, DUE TO THE EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT OF AL92
Effective
19:13:39 2020-07-28
Expires
18:13:39 2020-07-29
Description
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORMS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS.
POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE NINE PRESENTS A MODERATE THREAT WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM STORM-FORCE WINDS, ELEVATED STORM SURGE, EXTREME SEAS, MODERATE FLOODING AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES, RESULTING IN LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS, DISRUPTIONS TO DAILY LIFE AND SOME DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE. TO BE SAFE, IMPLEMENT YOUR TROPICAL STORM DISASTER PLAN.
AT 2 PM LST OR 1800 UTC, THE CENTRE OF POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE NINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH, LONGITUDE 54.8 WEST OR ABOUT 500 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA.
THE CYCLONE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT AROUND 23 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS, AND THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BECOME TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK, TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY REACH ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS AFTER 2 AM LATE TONIGHT. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BY LATE WEDNESDAY; THE WHOLE EVENT SHOULD BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT BAR THE CONTINUATION OF RAINFALL.
Instructions
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO IMPLEMENT THEIR TROPICAL CYCLONE PLANS, AS THE SYSTEM POSES A MODERATE THREAT WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE DAMAGE AND INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
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Antigua
Barbuda
Urgency / Severity / Certainty
Expected / Moderate / Likely
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Dale Destin
Event code(s)
SAME = CEM
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