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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1215 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT FINDS BERYL A LITTLE STRONGER LATE THIS
MORNING...

.NEW INFORMATION...
BERYL HAS INCREASED IN STRENGTH AS IT MOVES CLOSER TO THE NORTHEAST
FLORIDA COAST.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ALL OF VOLUSIA COUNTY.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF THE VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...AND
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM GUSTY
WIND...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING REMAIN A CONCERN.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.1N...LONGITUDE 79.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 110 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FL. BERYL WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST
AT 10 MPH. BERYL HAS STRENGTHENED LATE THIS MORNING AND MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW 60 MPH. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
EXPECTED BEFORE BERYL MAKES LANDFALL LATE THIS EVENING. HURRICANE
HUNTER RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT RECENTLY MEASURED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE WAS 998 MB OR 29.47 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
BERYL HAS STRENGTHENED LATE THIS MORNING AS IT SITS OVER THE WARM
GULF STREAM. HOWEVER...THE FORECAST TRACK REMAINS THE SAME AS
BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARDS MAKING LANDFALL INTO THE
NORTHEAST FLORIDA COASTLINE LATE THIS EVENING.

SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE APPROACH OF
BERYL TO AROUND 20 MPH ACROSS VOLUSIA COUNTY WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
MPH. FURTHER INLAND...OBSERVATIONS ACROSS
LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES SHOW THAT
WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. BASED ON
BUOY OBSERVATIONS...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE ALREADY
OCCURRING BEYOND 20 NM NORTH OF THE VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS. THESE WINDS ARE LEADING TO HAZARDOUS BOATING
CONDITIONS ON LOCAL INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS.

THE OUTERMOST RAIN BANDS FROM BERYL HAVE BEGUN BRUSHING THE VOLUSIA
AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY COAST...AND AN INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY
AND STRENGTH OF THESE FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS BERYL MOVES CLOSER TO THE COAST.
ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND STORM DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO OCCURRING OUTSIDE OF
THESE RAIN BANDS IN THE MOIST ENVIRONMENT AROUND BERYL.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING AT LOCAL BEACHES...WITH
SEVERAL RESCUES ALREADY OCCURRING THIS MORNING. ENTERING THE SURF
TODAY AND TOMORROW IS NOT ADVISED.

BRIEF TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS IN SQUALL BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACH AND LANDFALL OF
BERYL.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

OUTDOOR PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE WARNING AREA.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

FLZ041-141-281615-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
1215 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

OUTDOOR PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
AS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN THE
WARNING AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND
RAIN SQUALLS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

&&

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO
FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS TO BLOW AROUND...AND MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED
POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

$$

AMZ550-570-281615-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
1215 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING BEYOND 20 NM AND
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN 20 NM BY MID AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER
WINDS AND SEAS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN ONGOING SQUALLS. CONTINUE TO
CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE
READY TO ACT.

$$

FLZ044>046-144-147-281615-
/O.CON.KMLB.HU.S.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
1215 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...GUSTY WINDS AND SQUALLS EXPECTED FROM BERYL THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS BEFORE
THE ONSET OF SQUALLY WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...SINCE THEY MAY BE
TOSSED ABOUT BY GUSTY WINDS.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN
EFFECT...NOR ARE THEY LIKELY...GIVEN THE CURRENT FORECAST.

WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE
MAY BE POSSIBLE WITHIN SQUALLS LATER TODAY. HOWEVER...SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. A
LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

$$

AMZ552-572-281615-
/O.EXA.KMLB.HU.S.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
1215 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...GUSTY WINDS AND SQUALLS EXPECTED FROM BERYL THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE LOCAL
WATERS...THOUGH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WINDS ARE NOT
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDERING REMAINING
IN PORT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN
EFFECT...NOR ARE THEY LIKELY...GIVEN THE CURRENT FORECAST.

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WATERS NORTH OF
CAPE CANAVERAL. SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY MORNING...THOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN ONGOING SQUALLS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST
FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT.

$$

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