public notice: alert #19 on tropical storm franklin
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ALERT #19
Alert #19 on Tropical Storm Franklin issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology, Wednesday 23rd August, 2023, 3:00 pm EDT.
...Franklin over the mountainous terrain of the Dominican Republic...
...Flooding rains drenching Hispaniola...
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands. A Tropical Storm Warning means that Tropical Storm conditions could be experienced within the Turks and Caicos within 12 to 24 hours.
At 2:00 pm EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Franklin was located inland over the Dominican Republic near latitude 19.2° North, longitude 70.7° west, or about 160 miles south of Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Tropical Storm Franklin is moving toward the north-northeast near 13 mph (20 km/h). A continued north-northeast motion is expected to continue today, followed by a northeast-to-east-northeast motion with a decrease in forward speed on Thursday and Friday. On the forecast track, the center of Franklin will move off the north coast of the Dominican Republic later this afternoon and then move over the southwestern Atlantic into the weekend and passing the Turks and Caicos Islands tonight..
Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Little change in strength is expected through tonight, but gradual strengthening could begin by Thursday. Franklin could be near or at hurricane strength over the
Southwestern Atlantic by Saturday.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km) from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1004mb (29.65 inches).
Residents in the Turks and Caicos Islands should have concluded all preparations for the possibility of Tropical Storm conditions, as moderate to heavy rainfall with tropical storm force winds are anticipated this evening and Thursday morning.
Franklin is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches, with isolated higher amounts of 4 inches over the most easterly islands.
