Active Advisories:    Statement Tropical Storm Warning Flood Watch

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    Reported at Jacksonville, Craig Municipal Airport, FL
    4:19 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
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    Pressure:29.8 in1009 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters

Statement

247 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF 
ZONE. LARGE BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO RIP CURRENTS. STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL 
CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...

JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH
PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG
SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY.

&&

Tropical Storm Warning

1247 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

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

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. THOSE IN
FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
PERIODS OF FLOODING RAINFALL LATER TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...

THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.

ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 90 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL UPWARD TREND SINCE
THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS...

AS SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
55 MPH.

MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD
MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR
FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG
TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY.

SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

AS SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL APPROACHES THE COAST...THERE IS AN
INCREASING CHANCE FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE
WATERS UP TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO
THE COAST...RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 1 TO
3 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE. STORM
TIDE VALUES WILL BE HIGHEST NEAR AND NORTH OF THE CENTER OF STORM
LANDFALL.

THE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO REALIZE THE GREATEST COASTAL
FLOODING WILL BE ALONG THE BEACHES AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS AS
WELL AS ESTUARIES AND INLETS. ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WILL BEGIN
LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE MONDAY.

MODERATE BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR...WHICH WILL BECOME SUBSTANTIAL
IF CONDITIONS EXTEND THROUGH MULTIPLE HIGH TIDES. SEVERAL ROADS
IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS MAY BE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF CONDITION WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF
3 TO 6 INCHES...POSSIBLY HIGHER IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. RAINBANDS
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY DUE TO
THE STORM SLOWING DOWN ONCE IT MAKES LANDFALL AND STALLING OVER
THE AREA. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH
OF STATE ROAD 16 IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AS WELL AS ALL OF SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA.

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

...TORNADOES...

THERE WILL BE A LOW CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS AND TORNADOES THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS RAINBANDS MOVE INLAND.

Flood Watch


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INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY...

MACCLENNY...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...LAKE BUTLER...

STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...ST AUGUSTINE...DOUGLAS...

HAZLEHURST...ALMA...BAXLEY...JESUP...PEARSON...WAYCROSS...

BLACKSHEAR...NAHUNTA...BRUNSWICK...STATENVILLE...HOMERVILLE...

FOLKSTON...WOODBINE...ST MARYS
811 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA BY
TONIGHT...AFFECTING THE REGION INTO TUESDAY.

* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN A FEW LOCATIONS POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&
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