Hurricane warnings were dropped for the central Bahamas that afternoon.
About nineteen hours thereafter, the gale warning began to include the southeast and central Bahamas.
By the afternoon of November 1, the depression had moved through the central Bahamas and turned towards the northeast.
The depression headed west, and was upgraded to a tropical storm in the central Bahamas the next day.
The depression headed west, and was upgraded to a tropical storm in the central Bahamas on September 26.
At the same time, a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning was declared for the central Bahamas.
Shortly thereafter, it moved through the central Bahamas, where three fatalities and $300 million in damage was reported.
Nothing stood in the way of the increasingly more coherent hurricane as it drew a bead on the northern and central Bahamas over the weekend.
Cat Island is in the central Bahamas, and one of its districts, and has the nation's highest point.
Several small island communities in the central Bahamas were leveled.
