Active Advisories: Flood Watch Hurricane Local Statement
Currently
Reported at Cross City, Cross City Airport, FL
4:43 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012- 82°F28°C
Fair- Feels Like:86°F30.1°CDew Point:70°F21°CHumidity:66%
Winds:NE 8 mph G 2013 kph G 32
Pressure:29.88 in1012 hPaVisibility:
Flood Watch
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TROPICAL STORM BERYL IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE MOVING INLAND WHILE SLOWLY WEAKENING ON MONDAY. RAIN FROM BERYL HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIER RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FLZ018-019-028-029-034-118-128-134-GAZ127>131-146>148-158>161- 281100- /O.NEW.KTAE.FA.A.0002.120528T0000Z-120529T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INLAND JEFFERSON-MADISON-INLAND TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-INLAND DIXIE- COASTAL JEFFERSON-COASTAL TAYLOR-COASTAL DIXIE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT- BEN HILL-IRWIN-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MADISON...GREENVILLE... PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...KEATON BEACH... STEINHATCHEE...SUWANNEE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...TIFTON... FITZGERALD...OCILLA...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...NASHVILLE... THOMASVILLE...QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND 338 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN FLORIDA...COASTAL DIXIE...COASTAL JEFFERSON...COASTAL TAYLOR...INLAND DIXIE... INLAND JEFFERSON...INLAND TAYLOR...LAFAYETTE AND MADISON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...BEN HILL...BERRIEN...BROOKS... COLQUITT...COOK...IRWIN...LANIER...LOWNDES...THOMAS...TIFT... TURNER AND WORTH. * FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT * HEAVY RAIN FROM TROPICAL STORM BERYL * RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 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. &&
Hurricane Local Statement
217 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED FROM BERYL... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ARE URGED TO STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST FOR BERYL THROUGHOUT THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND PROPERTY IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA SHOULD A FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS A NEAR ZERO CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS AS HIGH AS 46 PERCENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND AROUND 35 PERCENT IN THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR A PORTION OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AS TROPICAL STORM BERYL MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY INCREASE. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH BERYL WILL BE PRIMARILY DEPENDENT ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. BASED ON THE LATEST FORECASTS...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES. THIS RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POORLY DRAINING AREAS AS WELL AS RISES IN AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. A FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD BECOME POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON ONCE THE CENTER OF BERYL MOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION.
