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Hurricane and Storm Surge Watches up For Florida

by Weatherboy Team Meteorologist - September 7, 2017

Latest forecast track from the National Hurricane Center, with new Hurricane Watches up for Florida. Image: NHC
Latest forecast track from the National Hurricane Center, with new Hurricane Watches up for Florida. Image: NHC

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has just issued the first Hurricane Watches and Storm Surge Watches for Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma’s potential arrival.




A Storm Surge Watch has been issued for the Florida peninsula from Jupiter Inlet southward and around the peninsula to Bonita Beach, including the Florida Keys.

A Hurricane Watch has been issued for the Florida peninsula from Jupiter Inlet southward and around the peninsula to Bonita Beach, including the Florida Keys, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida Bay.

The government of Cuba has extended the Tropical Storm Warning to Villa Clara province.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for…

  • Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach
  • Florida Keys

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for…

  • Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano to the northern border with Haiti
  • Haiti from the northern border with the Dominican Republic to Le Mole St. Nicholas
  • Southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Central Bahamas
  • Northwestern Bahamas

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for…

  • Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach
  • Florida Keys
  • Lake Okeechobee
  • Florida Bay
  • Cuba from Matanzas province eastward to Guantanamo province





A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for…

  • Dominican Republic from south of Cabo Engano westward to the southern border with Haiti
  • Haiti from south of Le Mole St. Nicholas to Port-Au-Prince
  • Cuba provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, Las Tunas, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara.

A Storm Surge Watch means there is a possibility of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, in the indicated locations during the next 48 hours.

A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion.

A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area. A watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or dangerous.

A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area.

Interests elsewhere in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, as well as Cuba and the entire US East Coast, should monitor the progress of Irma.

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