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

...BERYL TO MAKE LANDFALL TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE COAST OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL BE
MOVING ONSHORE THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST BEGINNING LATER THIS
EVENING.

.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 EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF THE VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT FOR
LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES... STRONG
WIND GUSTS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING...MAINLY IN SQUALLS
...WILL IMPACT THESE COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS...STATEMENTS
AND WARNINGS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HAZARDS FROM BERYL.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.0N...LONGITUDE 80.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DAYTONA BEACH...AND ABOUT 110 MILES NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL.
BERYL WAS MOVING WESTWARD AT 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE
65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 996 MB OR
29.41 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
BERYL STRENGTHENED AND TRANSITIONED TO A TROPICAL STORM EARLIER
TODAY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD TONIGHT. BERYL WILL
MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COASTLINE BETWEEN
JACKSONVILLE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE STARTING AROUND MIDNIGHT.

RAIN BANDS FROM BERYL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. EMBEDDED STORMS AND SQUALLS HAVE
PRODUCED FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH A FEW OF THE
STRONGER SQUALLS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 OR 55 MPH.
THESE RAIN BANDS AND SQUALLS WILL INCREASE IN BOTH FREQUENCY AND
STRENGTH TONIGHT AS BERYL APPROACHES LANDFALL...AND WILL CONTINUE
TO IMPACT THE AREA WELL AFTER LANDFALL ON MONDAY...MEMORIAL DAY.

OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN BANDS...CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30
MPH. THESE WINDS ARE LEADING TO HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON
LOCAL INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS OUTSIDE OF SQUALLS.

OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC...SUSTAINED WINDS AT OR NEAR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE ARE ALREADY OCCURRING NORTH OF THE VOLUSIA-BREVARD
COUNTY LINE...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT LOCAL BEACHES OVERNIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH SEVERAL RESCUES HAVING BEEN REPORTED
THIS WEEKEND. ENTERING THE SURF IS NOT ADVISED.

BRIEF TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS IN
PASSING SQUALLS.


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

OUTDOOR PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AS GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT SQUALLS WILL CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO
BECOME DANGEROUS.

&&

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

FLZ041-141-280600-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

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

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING
TEMPORARY LULLS AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY. PASSING SQUALLS WILL CAUSE WILL CAUSE A SUDDEN
INCREASE IN WINDS ACROSS YOUR AREA.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL
OCCUR OVERNIGHT...AND A LITTLE HIGHER IN SQUALLS. AT THESE SPEEDS
WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND
TRASH CANS TO BLOW AROUND...SNAP SMALLER TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES
AND MAY LEAD TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

$$

AMZ550-570-280600-
/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-
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

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

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED UNTIL WINDS
AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
LATEST OBSERVATIONS INDICATE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH SEAS
OF 8 TO 12 FEET OFFSHORE VOLUSIA COUNTY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE VOLUSIA COUNTY WATERS OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 55 KNOTS MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER
THE WATERS NEAR THE FLAGLER-VOLUSIA COUNTY LINE...ESPECIALLY IN
SQUALLS. SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS ARE POSSIBLE IN ONGOING
SQUALLS. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT.

$$

AMZ552-572-FLZ044>046-144-147-280600-
/O.CON.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-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...GUSTY WINDS AND SQUALLS FROM BERYL TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

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

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN
EFFECT...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAND AREAS
THROUGH 8 PM...AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE BREVARD COUNTY
COASTAL WATERS OVERNIGHT.

DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE DURING PASSING RAIN SQUALLS AS FLYING DEBRIS
CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...

OVER LAND...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE. WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL GUSTS AS HIGH AS
30 MPH THROUGH SUNSET. WHILE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SUSTAINED WINDS
IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL STILL
OCCUR IN STORMS AND SQUALLS.

OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC...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 WILL OCCUR IN ONGOING SQUALLS.

CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT.

$$

FLZ047-053-280600-
/O.EXA.KMLB.HU.S.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-OSCEOLA-
556 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...GUSTY WINDS AND SQUALLS FROM BERYL TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

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

.A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM. DO NOT
VENTURE OUTSIDE DURING PASSING RAIN SQUALLS AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN
EASILY...AND SUDDENLY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.

&&

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE. WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH THROUGH
SUNSET. WHILE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SUSTAINED WINDS IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT...GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL STILL OCCUR IN STORMS
AND SQUALLS.

$$


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