public notice: alert #21 on tropical storm franklin
Weather Update
ALERT #21
Alert #21 on Tropical Storm Franklin issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology, Wednesday 23rd August, 2023, 9:00 pm EDT.
...Franklin now north of the Dominican Republic...
...the threat of heavy rainfall and flash flooding continues...
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 the next 12 hours.
At 8:00 pm EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near the near latitude 20.6° North, longitude 70.5° west, or about 75 miles south-southeast of Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Tropical Storm Franklin is moving toward the north-northeast near 13 mph (20 km/h). A turn to the northeast and then east-northeast with a decrease in forward speed is forecasted on Thursday and Friday. On the forecast track, the center of Franklin will continue to move farther away from the Dominican Republic and then move over the southwestern Atlantic into the weekend, passing the Turks and Caicos Islands tonight.
Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast during the next several days. 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.
