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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BERYL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1205 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL CROSSING THE COAST OF
NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE DECREASED WITHIN
ITS SOUTHWEST QUADRANT. THIS WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL WIND IMPACTS
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...KEEPING THEM MAINLY CONFINED TO COASTAL
AND NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY.

.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 A FEW
PASSING SQUALLS...WILL IMPACT THESE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND INTO
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 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.1 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 65
MILES NORTH OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. BERYL IS MOVING TOWARD THE
WEST NEAR 7 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BERYL WILL
MOVE COMPLETELY ONSHORE NORTHEAST FLORIDA BY 1 OR 2 AM. AFTER
LANDFALL...BERYL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST AND
SLOW DOWN ON MONDAY...THEN TURN NORTHEASTWARD OVER NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
BERYL SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CENTER OF BERYL WILL VERY SOON FINISH CROSSING THE NORTHEAST
FLORIDA COAST AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND. THE
WINDS HAVE ALREADY DECREASED WITHIN ITS THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT...
WHICH LIMITS THE POTENTIAL WIND IMPACTS FOR EAST FLORIDA. THE WIND
THREAT OVER VOLUSIA COUNTY REMAINS LOW BUT STILL CONCERNING...AT
LEAST UNTIL BERYL FULLY WEAKENS WELL INLAND. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
ONLY BE 10 TO 15 MPH...HOWEVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS.

FOR LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF VOLUSIA COUNTY...BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO
DRAG A FEW RAINBANDS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH
EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE STORMS AND SQUALLS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 3O
TO 40 MPH.

OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC...SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF THE VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY
LINE...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS. WINDS WILL BE SLOWER TO
DECREASE OVER THE ATLANTIC.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT LOCAL BEACHES OVERNIGHT
INTO MEMORIAL DAY...WITH OVER 100 RESCUES HAVING BEEN REPORTED IN
VOLUSIA COUNTY ALREADY THIS WEEKEND. ENTERING THE SURF IS NOT
ADVISED.

ON MEMORIAL DAY...BERYL MAY HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE INTENSITY AND
DISTRIBUTION OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS SUPPORTING AN ELEVATED
THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING. A
BRIEF TORNADO MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION.


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

BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A MEANS FOR RECEIVING WEATHER ALERTS
OVERNIGHT AFTER YOU GO TO BED OR IF THE ELECTRICITY HAPPENS
TO TEMPORARILY GO OUT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALSO...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE HEADING OUT
IN THE MORNING TO PARTICIPATE IN MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES.

&&

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

FLZ041-141-281200-
/O.CON.KMLB.TR.W.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
1205 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

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

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN SQUALLS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. GUSTS SUCH
AS THESE CAN 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.

$$

AMZ550-570-281200-
/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-
1205 AM EDT MON MAY 28 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...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND GUSTS...ALONG WITH SEAS OF 8 TO 12
FEET...WILL CONTINUE OFFSHORE VOLUSIA COUNTY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT.

$$

AMZ552-572-FLZ044>047-053-144-147-281200-
/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 BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
1205 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...SOME STRONG WINDS GUSTS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN A
FEW CONVECTIVE STORMS AND PASSING SQUALLS.

OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH
GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...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.

$$

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