Acting Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel says that the storm would affect the southern most parts of SVG. Persons living in flood prone areas are ask to take caution.
The acting Prime Minister stated that the Southern Grenadines would be impacted most.
The met office said SVG would begin to feel the effects by midday today, the center of the storm is expected to pass between Mustique and Canouan.
The strongest winds would be on the northern side of the storm. A national shut down in already in effect.
At 800 AM AST (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Karen was located near latitude 11.9 North, longitude 60.9 West.
Karen is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h) and this general motion is expected to continue today.
A turn toward the northwest is forecast to occur on Monday, followed by a turn toward the north on Tuesday. On the forecast track, Karen will move across the Windward Islands today, and emerge over the southeastern Caribbean Sea tonight.
