Article published: Saturday, October 19, 2024, 11 a.m. ET

The tropical storm was first discussed in a warning from the National Hurricane Center at 11 a.m. Saturday. Tropical Storm Oscar is located 190 miles east-southeast of the southeastern Bahamas and 495 miles east of Camagüey, Cuba, with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour. It is moving west at 13 miles per hour.

DANGERS AFFECTING LAND:

WIND: Tropical storm conditions are expected to reach the coast within the warning area for the first time this evening, making external preparations difficult or dangerous.

RAINFALL: Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches, with isolated amounts of 6 inches, are expected through Tuesday in the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeastern Cuba and the southeastern Bahamas.

For a complete representation of forecast rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Oscar, see the National Weather Service’s Storm Total Rainfall Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at1.shtml? Regenqpf.

Source: National Hurricane Center

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