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Please note the following current restrictions for the Southeast:

CONDITION ZULU – KEY WEST; MIAMI, PORT EVERGLADES, PALM BEACH; PORT CANAVERAL (09/1000)

              ZULU – PORT IS CLOSED TO ALL VESSEL TRAFFIC

CONDITION YANKEE:  TAMPA/PORT MANATEE; JACKSONVILLE; SAVANNAH, GA (09/1200)

              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 –; CHARLESTON, SC; WILMINGTON

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 – MOREHEAD CITY (NC)

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

 

ALL OFFICES ARE CLOSED AND PERSONNEL ARE EITHER SHELTERING IN PLACE OR HAVE EVACUATED. 

 

CURRENT LOCATION – WARNINGS FOR ALL CURRENT STORMS BEING TRACKED:

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">500 AM EDT Sat Sep 09 2017

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...EYE OF IRMA CONTINUES MOVING OVER THE CAMAGUEY ARCHIPELAGO OF CUBA AS A 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...22.5N 78.8W

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM E OF CAIBARIEN CUBA

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 245 MI...395 KM SSE 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 12 MPH...19 KM/H

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...930 MB...27.47 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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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The Hurricane Warning and the Storm Surge Warning are extended northward along the Florida West coast from Anclote River to Chassahowitzka.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The Hurricane Warning is extended northward along the Florida East coast to the Flagler/Volusia County Line.

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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued north of Fernandina Beach to Altamaha Sound, Georgia.

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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"">* Volusia/Brevard County Line southward around the Florida peninsula to Chassahowitzka

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

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

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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 the Volusia/Brevard County Line to the Flagler/Volusia County line

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* North of Chassahowitzka to Suwannee River

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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"">* Flagler/Volusia County Line southward around the Florida peninsula to Chassahowitzka

<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 Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara, and Matanzas

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

<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 the Flagler/Volusia County Line to Fernandina Beach

<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* North and west of Chassahowitzka to Indian Pass

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

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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"">* Cuban provinces of Holguin, Las Tunas, La Habana, and Ciudad de

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

* North of Fernandina Beach to Altamaha Sound