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Please note the following current restrictions for the Southeast:

CONDITION ZULU – KEY WEST

              ZULU – PORT IS CLOSED TO ALL VESSEL TRAFFIC

CONDITION YANKEE:  PORT CANAVERAL

              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; MIAMI, PORT EVERGLADES, PALM BEACH; JACKSONVILLE  (FL)  ; 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 – 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/PC); PM/09 (TPA); 10/1000 (SAV)

CURRENT LOCATION – WARNINGS FOR ALL CURRENT STORMS BEING TRACKED:

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">500 AM EDT Fri Sep 08 2017

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...IRMA MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LOCATION...21.7N 73.8W

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 55 MI...90 KM NW OF GREAT INAGUA ISLAND

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 495 MI...795 KM SE OF MIAMI FLORIDA

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...155 MPH...250 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...925 MB...27.32 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"">CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">None.

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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 Warning 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 Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* North of Jupiter Inlet to Sebastian Inlet

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* North of Bonita Beach to Venice

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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"">* 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"">* 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"">* North of Jupiter Inlet to Sebastian Inlet

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* North of Bonita Beach to Anna Maria Island

<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"">* 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, and Las Tunas

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