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Please note the following current restrictions for the Southeast:

CONDITION YANKEE:  KEY WEST (07/2000)

              YANKEE – TROPICAL STORM WINDS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS – NO INCOMING VESSELS ALLOWED – ALL VESSELS IN PORT MUST MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO DEPART AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

CONDITIONS X-RAY –TAMPA/PORT MANATEE (AS OF 07/2200); MIAMI, PORT EVERGLADES, PALM BEACH; PORT CANAVERAL; SAVANNAH, GA

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.   Any vessel conducting cargo operations should be prepared to depart within 24 hours.

             

CONDITION WHISKEY –, JACKSONVILLE  (FL)  ; CHARLESTON, SC; WILMINGTON, MOREHEAD CITY (NC)

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

 

CURRENT GOVERNMENTAL CLOSINGS:

PEV – COUNTY AND CUSTOMS/DHS ARE NOW CLOSED AND WILL NOT OPEN UNTIL EARLIEST MONDAY

JACKSONVILLE – CUSTOMS/DHS – CLOSED UNTIL 9/11

 

CURRENT EXPECTED TIME LINE FOR SOUTHEASTERN PORTS:

<span-family:"Yu Gothic",sans-serif">X-Ray 48 hr. – Current

<span-family:"Yu Gothic",sans-serif">Yankee 24 hr. – 08/0800 (MIA/PEV); 09/2200 (SAV)

<span-family:"Yu Gothic",sans-serif">Zulu 12 hr. – PM/08 (MIA/PEV); PM/09 (TPA); 10/1000 (SAV)

CURRENT LOCATION – WARNINGS FOR ALL CURRENT STORMS BEING TRACKED:

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">500 PM EDT Thu Sep 07 2017

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE IRMA VERY NEAR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND HEADING FOR THE BAHAMAS......HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA...

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LOCATION...20.9N 71.1W

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM S OF GRAND TURK ISLAND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 135 MI...220 KM E OF GREAT INAGUA ISLAND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...175 MPH...280 KM/H

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...922 MB...27.23 INCHES

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

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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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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The government of Cuba has issued a Hurricane Warning for the Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus, and Villa Clara. This includes the Cuban Keys along the north shore of these provinces.<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 Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Florida Keys

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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"">* 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"">* Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara.

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

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Northwestern 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"">* Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Florida Keys

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Lake Okeechobee

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Florida Bay

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

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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"">* Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, Las Tunas.

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