On 12 October 2014 at 1:30 pm AST (1730 UTC), the National Hurricane Center (NHC) produced a weather outlook on the development of Tropical Storm Gonzalo east of the northern Leeward Islands. Tropical storm warnings were issued for a number of Caribbean islands including CCRIF member countries Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, and St. Kitts and Nevis.