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Please note the following current restrictions for the Southeast:

 

CONDITIONS X-RAY – KEY WEST  

X-RAY – TROPICAL STORM WINDS EXPECTED WITHIN 48 HOURS.  The ports remain open to all commercial traffic. Oceangoing vessels greater than 500 gross tons, including oceangoing tugs and barges greater than 500 gross tons, already in port or arriving during Hurricane Port Condition X-RAY shall continue with preparations and safely depart the port before the setting of Hurricane Port. 

             

CONDITION WHISKEY – MIAMI, PORT EVERGLADES, PALM BEACH, TAMPA, PORT MANATEE, PORT CANAVERAL, JACKSONVILLE  (FL) ((CONDITION X-RAY IS EXCEPTED 07/1200)

PORT CONDITION WHISKEY – TROPICAL STORM WINDS EXPECTED WITHIN 72 HOURS.  ALL VESSELS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS.

 

SEASONAL CONDITION 4 –SAVANNAH, GA; CHARLESTON, SC; WILMINGTON, MOREHEAD CITY (NC)

 

CURRENT EXPECTED TIME LINE FOR SOFL PORTS:

<span-family:"Yu Gothic",sans-serif">Whiskey 72 hr. – current

<span-family:"Yu Gothic",sans-serif">X-Ray 48 hr. – Thursday @ 12PM

<span-family:"Yu Gothic",sans-serif">Yankee 24 hr. – Friday @ 12PM

<span-family:"Yu Gothic",sans-serif">Zulu 12 hr. – Saturday AM

CURRENT LOCATION – WARNINGS FOR ALL CURRENT STORMS BEING TRACKED: (

 <span-family:"Courier New"">1100 PM AST Wed Sep 06 2017

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...EYE OF CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE IRMA CONTINUES PASSING JUST NORTH OF PUERTO RICO...

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LOCATION...19.4N 66.8W

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 85 MI...135 KM NNW OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 315 MI...505 KM ESE OF GRAND TURK ISLAND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...185 MPH...295 KM/H

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...916 MB...27.05 INCHES

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

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The Hurricane Warning for the U.S. and British Virgin Islands has been discontinued.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano to the northern border with Haiti

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Haiti from the northern border with the Dominican Republic to Le Mole St. Nicholas

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Central Bahamas

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Cuba from Matanzas province eastward to Guantanamo province

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Northwestern Bahamas

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Dominican Republic from south of Cabo Engano westward to the southern border with Haiti

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Haiti from south of Le Mole St. Nicholas to Port-Au-Prince

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Cuba provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, and Las Tunas