Before Tropical Storm Jerry moves away from the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean, dangerous conditions from flash flooding and damaging winds will affect the region into the start of the weekend.

The center of Jerry made its closest approach to the Leeward Islands on Thursday night.

While Jerry was not well organized, it was producing torrential rainfall in some of the eastern islands of the Caribbean. Beneath the downpours, there is the likelihood of significant flash flooding.

As of Friday morning, Jerry was a tropical storm with 50-mph winds. The storm was beginning to make more of a northward turn and was traveling swiftly along at 17 mph. Strong upper-level winds (wind shear) are causing the showers and thunderstorms to become stretched south-to-north.

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