WTNT24 KNHC 070849 RRA

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HURRICANE MATTHEW FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  37

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142016

0900 UTC FRI OCT 07 2016



CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY...



THE HURRICANE WARNING FROM JUPITER INLET SOUTH TO BOCA RATON HAS

BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. THE TROPICAL STORM

WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF BOCA RATON...AS WELL AS

FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

SOUTH OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND.



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...



A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...

BERRY

ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW

PROVIDENCE

. JUPITER INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. ANCLOTE RIVER TO SUWANNEE RIVER

. NORTH OF SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO SURF CITY

. BOCA RATON TO JUPITER INLET



A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. ANNA MARIA ISLAND TO ANCLOTE RIVER



INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND IN THE CAROLINAS

SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MATTHEW. THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR

THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS

MORNING.



A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED

SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.  A WARNING IS TYPICALLY ISSUED

36 HOURS BEFORE THE ANTICIPATED FIRST OCCURRENCE OF TROPICAL-STORM-

FORCE WINDS...CONDITIONS THAT MAKE OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS DIFFICULT

OR

DANGEROUS.  PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE

RUSHED TO COMPLETION.



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE=