#Nassau, July 11, 2019 – Bahamas – NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM BARRY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12PM THURSDAY, 11TH JULY 2019.
… DISTURBANCE
BECOMES TROPICAL STORM BARRY…
…DANGEROUS
STORM SURGE, HEAVY RAINS, AND WIND CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL
GULF COAST…
AT 11:00 AM
EDT, TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.8°NORTH AND LONGITUDE
88.7° WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES SOUTHSOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER AND 200 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA.
BARRY IS MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 5 MILES PER HOUR, AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TODAY. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD IS EXPECTED TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF BARRY
WILL BE NEAR THE CENTRAL OR SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF LOUISIANA FRIDAY NIGHT OR
SATURDAY.
MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, AND BARRY
COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATE FRIDAY OR EARLY SATURDAY.
THIS SYSTEM
POSES NO THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.
THE NEXT NEWS
ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6PM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: KAYLINDA WARD-FORBES…….11 July, 2019 @ 1545 UTC