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	Subject	Date	Priority
	NHC - MORNING UPDATE - HURRICANE LORENZO	09/28/2019	Normal
	NHC - MORNING UPDATES - TS KAREN; CAT 3 HURRICANE LORENZO	09/26/2019	Normal
	CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 09/25/19	09/25/2019	Normal
	SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 09/25/19	09/25/2019	Normal
	WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 09/25/19	09/25/2019	Normal
	NHC UPDATE - TD JERRY; TS KAREN; HURRICANE LORENZO; ONE DISTURBANCE	09/25/2019	Normal
	NHC - DAILY UPDATE - TS JERRY; TS KAREN; TS LORENZO; DISTURBENCES	09/24/2019	Normal
	NHC - UPDATE3 - TS LORENZO HAS FORMED. (CLIENTS IN BLIND COPY)	09/23/2019	Normal
	NHC UPDATE - TS JERRY, TS KAREN, TD 13	09/23/2019	Normal
	NHC update - Hurricane Jerry, three tropical systems	09/20/2019	Normal
	WILMINGTON, NC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 09/18/19	09/18/2019	Normal
	CHARLESTON, SC - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 09/18/19	09/18/2019	Normal
	SAVANNAH, GA - DAILY PORT UPDATE - 09/18/19	09/18/2019	Normal
	NCH UPDATE - 09/18 AM - HURRICANE HUMBERTO(H3) - TD IMELDA - TS JERRY - ONE DISTURBANCE	09/18/2019	Normal
	NHC UPDATE - TD IMELDA - HURRICANE HUMBERTO - TD 10	09/17/2019	Normal
	NHC - MORNING UPDATE - HURRICANE HUMBERTO (CAT2); TWO DISTURBANCES	09/17/2019	Normal
	NHC - UPDATE - HURRICAEN HUBERTO - TWO SYSTEMS	09/16/2019	Normal
	NHC - TROPICAL CYCLONE 9	09/12/2019	Normal
	NHC UPDATE	09/12/2019	Normal
	FW: Cape Fear River Closure for Power Line Work	09/09/2019	Normal
	Fwd: MSIB 54-19 Notification of Emergency Safety Zone, Saint Simons Sound	09/08/2019	Normal
	07/0800 - HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 1) /TS GABRIELLE / DISTURBANCES - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/07/2019	Normal
	06/1700 - HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 2) /PTC GABRIELLE - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/06/2019	Normal
	06/0800 - HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 2) /PTC GABRIELLE - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/06/2019	Normal
	05/0500- HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 3) /TD - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/05/2019	Normal
	04/2300 - HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 2) /TD FERNAND / TS GABRIELLE / TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/04/2019	Normal
	Summary of USCG Conference call - SAVANNAH, GA	09/04/2019	Normal
	04/1700 - HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 2) /TD FERNAND / TS GABRIELLE / TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/04/2019	Normal
	Summary of USCG Conference call - CHARLESTON, SC	09/04/2019	Normal
	04/1100 - HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 2) /TS FERNAND / TS GABRIELLE / TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/04/2019	Normal
	SUMMARY OF USCG MORNING CONFERENCE CALL - CHARLESTON, SC	09/04/2019	Normal
	04/0500 - HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 2) /TS FERNAND / TS GABRIELLE / TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/04/2019	Normal
	03/2200 - HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 2) /TS FERNAND / TD EIGHT / TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/03/2019	Normal
	03/1700 - HURRICANE DORIAN (CAT 2) /TS FERNAND / TD EIGHT / TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/03/2019	Normal
	03/1100 - HURRICANE (CAT-2) DORIAN UPDATE/TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/03/2019	Normal
	02/0500 - HURRICANE (CAT-3) DORIAN UPDATE/TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/03/2019	Normal
	02/2300 - HURRICANE (CAT-4) DORIAN UPDATE/TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/02/2019	Normal
	02/1700 - HURRICANE (CAT-4) DORIAN UPDATE/TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/02/2019	Normal
	02/1100 - HURRICANE (CAT-5) DORIAN UPDATE/TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/02/2019	Normal
	01/0500 - HURRICANE (CAT-5) DORIAN UPDATE - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED (ANOTHER TROPICAL DISTURBANCE HAS GENERATED)	09/02/2019	Normal
	01/2300 - HURRICANE (CAT-5) DORIAN UPDATE - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/01/2019	Normal
	01/1700 - HURRICANE (CAT-5) DORIAN UPDATE - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/01/2019	Normal
	01/1100 - HURRICANE (CAT-5) DORIAN UPDATE - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/01/2019	Normal
	01/0500 - HURRICANE (CAT-4) DORIAN UPDATE - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED	09/01/2019	Normal

Daily Port Update

Subject:	01/0500 - HURRICANE (CAT-5) DORIAN UPDATE - CHANGES ARE HIGH-LIGHTED (ANOTHER TROPICAL DISTURBANCE HAS GENERATED)
Date:	Monday, September 02, 2019
Priority:	Normal
Notice:	(clients/vessels in blind copy) =================================== USCG PORT UPDATES: HURRICANE IS NOW CATEGORY 5 ZULU – TROPICAL STORM WINDS EXPECTED WITHIN 12 HOURS – PORTS ARE CLOSED. - KEY WEST/ MIAMI/PORT EVERGLADES/PALM BEACH/ Palm Beach evacuation ordered 01/0800 YANKEE – TROPICAL STORM WINDS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. PORT IS CLOSED TO INCOMING VESSELS, VESSELS IN PORT MUST PREPARE TO DEPART WITHIN 12 HOURS. – PORT CANAVERAL (PORT CANAVERAL – EXPECTED ZULU 02/0800 – *HOWEVER, THE PORT IS CLOSED AT 31/2000 AS THE PORT AUTHORITY HAS EVACUATED THEIR EMPLOYEES) Canaveral evacuation ordered 02/0800 X-RAY – TROPICAL STORM WINDS EXPECTED WITHIN 48 HOURS. The ports remain open to all commercial traffic. – PORTS OF: TAMPA/PORT MANATEE/ JACKSONVILLE/SAVANNAH/BRUNSWICK (PORT OF JACKSONVILLE IS EXPECTED TO GO YANKEE 02/0800) Coastal evacuation ordered 02/0800 (PORT OF BRUNSWICK IS EXPECTED TO GO YANKEE 02/1200 // PORT OF SAVANNAH IS EXPECTED TO GO YANKEE 02/2000) Coast evacuation ordered 02/1200 WHISKEY – TROPICAL STORM WINDS EXPECTED WITHIN 72 HOURS. ALL VESSELS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS -* PORTS OF: CHARLESTON, SC; WILMINGTON, NC; MOREHEAD CITY, NC (PORT OF WILMINGTON, NC IS EXPECTED TO X-RAY 02/2200, YANKEE 03/2200, ZULU 04/1000) (PORT OF MOREHEAD, NC IS EXPECTED TO X-RAY 02/2200, YANKEE 02/2200, ZULU 04/1400) ================================================================================================================= 500 AM EDT Mon Sep 02 2019<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> ...CATEGORY 5 DORIAN CONTINUES TO HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> ----------------------------------------------<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> LOCATION...26.6N 78.2W<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> ABOUT 40 MI...60 KM E OF FREEPORT GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> ABOUT 115 MI...190 KM E OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...165 MPH...270 KM/H<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 1 MPH...2 KM/H<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...916 MB...27.05 INCHES<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> WATCHES AND WARNINGS<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> --------------------<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The government of the Bahamas has discontinued the Hurricane Warning for New Providence and Eleuthera, and the Hurricane Watch for Andros Island, in the northwestern Bahamas.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * Lantana to the Volusia/Brevard County Line<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <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 Deerfield Beach to south of Lantana<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * Volusia/Brevard County Line to the Mouth of the St. Mary's River<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * Grand Bahama and the Abacos Islands in the northwestern Bahamas<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * Jupiter Inlet to the Volusia/Brevard County Line<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <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 Deerfield Beach to Jupiter Inlet<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * Volusia/Brevard County Line to the Mouth of the St. Mary's River<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * North of Deerfield Beach to Jupiter Inlet<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * North of Golden Beach to Deerfield Beach<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> * Lake Okeechobee<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> ----------------------<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> At 500 AM EDT (0900 UTC),<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> the center of Hurricane Dorian was located by NOAA Doppler radar near latitude 26.6 North, longitude 78.2 West. Dorian is moving toward the west near 1 mph (2 km/h). A slow westward to west-northwestward motion is forecast during the next day or so, followed by a gradual turn toward the northwest and north. On this track, the core of extremely dangerous Hurricane Dorian will continue to pound Grand Bahama Island through much of today and tonight. The hurricane will move dangerously close to the Florida east coast tonight through Wednesday evening. <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Maximum sustained winds are near 165 mph (270 km/h) with higher gusts. Dorian is a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Although gradual weakening is forecast,<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> Dorian is expected to remain a powerful hurricane during the next couple of days.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km).<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> The estimated minimum central pressure is 916 mb (27.05 inches).<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> ----------------------<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">WIND: Catastrophic hurricane conditions continue on Grand Bahama Island. Do not venture out into the eye, as winds will suddenly increase after the eye passes.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> Hurricane conditions are expected within the Hurricane Warning area in Florida by late tonight or Tuesday<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">. Hurricane conditions are possible in the Hurricane Watch area on Wednesday.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Tropical storm conditions are expected within the Tropical Storm warning area today and Tuesday, and are possible in the Tropical Storm watch area by tonight.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">STORM SURGE: A life-threatening storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 18 to 23 feet above normal tide levels in areas of onshore winds on Grand Bahama Island. Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. Water levels should very slowly subside on the Abaco Islands during the day.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could reach the<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide...<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> Lantana to the Mouth of the St. Mary's River...4 to 7 ft<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> North of Deerfield Beach to Lantana...2 to 4 ft<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">The surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. Surge-related flooding depends on the how close the center of Dorian comes to the Florida east coast, and can vary greatly over<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> short distances. For information specific to your area, please see products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast office.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> RAINFALL: Dorian is expected to produce the following rainfall totals through late this week:<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> Northwestern Bahamas...12 to 24 inches, isolated 30 inches.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> Coastal Carolinas...5 to 10 inches, isolated 15 inches.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Central Bahamas and the Atlantic Coast from the Florida peninsula through Georgia...2 to 4 inches, isolated 6 inches.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> This rainfall may cause life-threatening flash floods.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">SURF: Large swells are affecting east-facing shores of the Bahamas and the Florida east coast, and will spread northward along the southeastern United States coast during the next few days. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consult products from your local weather office.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">TORNADOES: A brief tornado is possible this afternoon into tonight along the immediate coast of east-central Florida.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> ======================================================================================<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> ANOTHER TROPICAL DISTURANCE - 1. Recent satellite-derived surface wind data indicate that the low pressure system located about 150 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands has become better defined. Shower and thunderstorm activity is beginning to show signs of organization, and environmental conditions appear conducive for a tropical depression to form during the next day or so while the system moves generally northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible over the Cabo Verde Islands through Tuesday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> <span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> NEXT ADVISORY<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> -------------<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> Next intermediate advisory at 800 AM EDT.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""> Next complete advisory at 1100 AM EDT.<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> – Our next scheduled message<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">
Notice posted on Monday, September 02, 2019
	Disclaimer For quality assurance purposes please note well that while the above information is regularly vetted for accuracy it is not intended to replace the local knowledge or expertise pertaining to port conditions of our marine operations personnel. Port précis should always be verified by contacting the corresponding marine department of a particular location for the most up-to-date information.