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HURRICANE MATTHEW INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  23A

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142016

800 PM EDT MON OCT 03 2016



...HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND MATTHEW IS STILL A 140-MPH HURRICANE...

...LIFE-THREATENING RAIN...WIND...AND STORM SURGE EXPECTED IN

PARTS OF HAITI TONIGHT...





SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...16.6N 74.6W

ABOUT 120 MI...190 KM S OF TIBURON HAITI

ABOUT 200 MI...325 KM SW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH...220 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...940 MB...27.76 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:



THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR

THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS, INCLUDING LONG ISLAND, EXUMA, RUM CAY, SAN

SALVADOR, AND CAT ISLAND, AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE NORTHWESTERN

BAHAMAS, INCLUDING THE ABACOS, ANDROS ISLAND, BERRY ISLANDS, BIMINI,

ELEUTHERA, GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND, AND NEW PROVIDENCE.



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:



A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. HAITI

. CUBAN PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO, SANTIAGO DE CUBA, HOLGUIN, GRANMA,

AND LAS TUNAS

. SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS, INCLUDING THE INAGUAS, MAYAGUANA, ACKLINS,

CROOKED ISLAND, LONG CAY, AND RAGGED ISLAND

. CENTRAL BAHAMAS, INCLUDING LONG ISLAND, EXUMA, RUM CAY, SAN

SALVADOR, AND CAT ISLAND



A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...

. CUBAN PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY

. TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

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

ISLANDS, BIMINI, ELEUTHERA, GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND, AND NEW PROVIDENCE=