 Late on the afternoon of September 17, tropical storm warnings were dropped for the remainder of Hispaniola.In the Bahamas, the first hurricane watch was issued at 2100 UTC on September 15 and included Acklins and Crooked Islands, Inagua, Mayaguana, Ragged Island, and Turks and Caicos Islands.By 1500 UTC the next day, that hurricane watch was upgraded to a hurricane warning.