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Prevent damage caused by flying objects during Tropical Storm Elsa

Prevent damage caused by flying objects during Tropical Storm Elsa

According to the NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center …DEPRESSION BECOMES TROPICAL STORM ELSA… We are keeping an eye on tropical storm Elsa. Our products prevent damage caused by “flying objects” during a hurricane or tropical storm.

• A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Tropical storm conditions are expected in portions of the Windward and southern Leeward Islands within the warning areas on Friday.
• A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Guadeloupe. Tropical storm conditions are possible in the watch areas on Friday.
  Interests elsewhere in the Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti should monitor the progress of this system. Additional watches and warnings will likely be required later today.

Interests in Florida should monitor updates to the forecast for this system, but it is too soon to determine what if any impacts could occur there next week given the uncertainty in the long-range forecast. At 5 a.m. AST, the center of now Tropical Storm Elsa was located about 865 miles (1390 km) east-southeast of the Windward Islands. Elsa is the earliest-known fifth named storm on record for the Atlantic basin in the satellite era. (1966-present), breaking the record formerly held by Edouard on July 6, 2020.

Elsa is moving toward the west near 25 mph (41 km/h). An even faster motion to the west-northwest is expected over the next 24 to 36 hours. On the forecast track, the system will pass near or over portions of the Windward Islands or the southern Leeward Islands on Friday, move into the eastern Caribbean Sea late Friday and Friday night, and move near the southern coast of Hispaniola on Saturday. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km) from the center. Some additional strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days. Elsa is expected to produce rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches with maximum totals of 8 inches on Friday across the Windward and southern Leeward Islands, including Barbados. This rain may lead to isolated flash flooding and mudslides.

Prevent damage caused by flying objects during Tropical Storm Elsa
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