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

...BERYL MAKING ITS LANDFALL APPROACH UPON NORTHEAST FLORIDA WITH
WINDS JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL ARE CURRENTLY JUST
BELOW CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE STRENGTH. BERYL IS STILL FORECAST TO
MAKE LANDFALL AS A TROPICAL STORM...BUT WITH SOME HURRICANE FORCE
GUSTS NOW MORE LIKELY FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA.

.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.

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

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COASTAL
WATERS OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

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 QUICKLY
PASSING SQUALLS...WILL IMPACT THESE COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS...AS WELL AS
ASSOCIATED STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS...FOR INFORMATION ABOUT
RELATED HAZARDS FROM BERYL.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.5 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 65
MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH. BERYL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST
NEAR 10 MPH. A WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
LANDFALL. AFTER LANDFALL...BERYL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST-
NORTHWESTWARD AND THEN TURN NORTHWARD OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

BERYL IS NOW JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH
IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN
STRENGTH WOULD MAKE BERYL A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE. STEADY
WEAKENING IS FORECAST AFTER LANDFALL...AND BERYL IS EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY MONDAY NIGHT.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
BERYL HAS STRENGTHENED TO JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD TONIGHT. BERYL WILL SOON MAKE
LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COASTLINE BETWEEN
JACKSONVILLE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE.

IMPORTANTLY...THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
REMAIN UNCHANGED.

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 PERSIST AS BERYL APPROACHES
LANDFALL...AND CONTINUE WELL AFTER LANDFALL ON MONDAY...MEMORIAL
DAY.

OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN BANDS...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH.

OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC...SUSTAINED WINDS AT OR NEAR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE ARE 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 MEMORIAL DAY...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 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. AS EVENING ENSUES...AND THE OVERNIGHT
APPROACHES...PEOPLE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THE MEANS FOR RECEIVING
ALERTS AFTER THEY GO TO BED OR IF THE ELECTRICITY GOES OUT.

&&

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

FLZ041-141-290100-
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INLAND VOLUSIA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
900 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 AND OTHER LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS
CAN EASILY...AND UNEXPECTEDLY...CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. PASSING
SQUALLS WILL CAUSE A SUDDEN INCREASE IN WINDS ACROSS YOUR AREA.
BE SURE TO SECURE ALL OUTDOOR HANGING PLANTS. BRING IN OUTDOOR
PETS. BE SURE TO HAVE A MEANS FOR RECEIVING WEATHER ALERT
INFORMATION IF YOUR ELECTRICITY GOES OUT.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE 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.

$$

AMZ550-570-290100-
/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-
900 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 THE OVERNIGHT. 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>046-144-147-290100-
/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-
900 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...GUSTY WINDS AND SQUALLS FROM BERYL TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY MORNING...

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

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

OVERNIGHT...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BREVARD
COUNTY COASTAL WATERS.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...

OVER LAND...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE. WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS
TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN STORMS AND PASSING 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.

$$

FLZ047-053-290100-
/O.EXA.KMLB.HU.S.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN BREVARD-OSCEOLA-
900 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...THE CHANCE FOR GUSTY WINDS AND SQUALLS FROM BERYL THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...

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

BE SURE TO SET UP YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO TO RECEIVE ALERTS DURING
THE OVERNIGHT.

&&

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE. WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL GUST TO 25 TO 30 MPH...AND
POSSIBLY TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN INDIVIDUAL STORMS AND PASSING
SQUALLS.

$$


AC/DS




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