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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM BERYL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
823 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...BERYL CONTINUES TO WEAKEN BUT THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL
CONTINUES...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATE STORM INFORMATION.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
INLAND BRYAN...COASTAL BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...COASTAL CHATHAM...
LONG...INLAND LIBERTY...COASTAL LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH AND
COASTAL MCINTOSH.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BEAUFORT...COASTAL COLLETON...
CHARLESTON AND COASTAL JASPER...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM RELATED
HAZARDS ARE STILL A CONCERN.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY
FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.5 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT
220 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SC...OR ABOUT 140 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GA. STORM MOTION WAS WEST AT 8 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM BERYL CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES WELL INLAND
ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN FLORIDA AND INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THE


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

FOR AREAS STILL WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING...BE ALERT FOR
ANY DOWNED TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES IF YOU NEED TO GO OUTDOORS.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION...
PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR
LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 12 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

SCZ048>051-291230-
/O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
823 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG WITH ROUGH SURF AT AREA
BEACHES TODAY.


$$

GAZ116>119-137>141-291230-
/O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
823 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

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

...WINDS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT
FEW HOURS WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY WITHIN RAIN
BANDS. SOME DOWNED TREES ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST
INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

BANDS OF SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY AS BERYL STALLS TODAY AND THEN MOVES ACROSS THE AREA
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. DANGEROUS SURF
CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME BEACH
EROSION IS ALSO EXPECTED.

$$

AMZ354-374-291230-
/O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT
20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
823 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS
OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS...ESPECIALLY WITHIN RAIN BANDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DECREASE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATER THIS MORNING. SEAS FROM
9 TO 12 FEET BEYOND 20 NM OFFSHORE AND 5 TO 8 FEET CLOSER TO THE
COAST WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE MORNING.

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