Tropical Storm Warning
224 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 CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY. PASSING SQUALLS CAN VERY QUICKLY INCREASE WINDS
ACROSS YOUR AREA.
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...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH BY THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT. AT THESE SPEEDS...WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE OUTDOOR
ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS TO BLOW AROUND...AND
MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Statement
1106 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* TIMING...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGHEST AFTER 4:00 PM
THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS.
* IMPACTS...SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL PUSH TOWARD NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND PUSH A LONG PERIOD SWELL INTO THE LOCAL ATLANTIC
WATERS. IN ADDITION...BRISK TO STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL
GENERATE ROUGH AND POUNDING SURF AT AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON.
DAYTONA BEACH PATROL RECORDED AT LEAST SEVENTY RESCUES
SATURDAY...WELL AHEAD OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST TREACHEROUS
SURF CONDITIONS WHICH WILL IMPACT AREA BEACHES TODAY.
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 JETTIES AND
PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY
ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.
WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH...THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL
LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. ENTERING THE SURF IS NOT ADVISED.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
1054 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...FOR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING WEATHER HAZARDS AND EXPECTED
IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL...PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT...
.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL EXPAND
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BANDS. STRONGER WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS CAN BE
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FROM AROUND THE ORLANDO AREA NORTHWARD.
.HIGH WIND IMPACT...
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS THE CENTER OF
SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL APPROACHES THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. WEST
TO SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS CAN BE
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FROM BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES NORTHWARD
AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY.
.RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
WINDS AND SWELLS FROM SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL GENERATE ROUGH
SURF AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY.
DAYTONA BEACH PATROL RECORDED AT LEAST SEVENTY RESCUES SATURDAY...
WELL AHEAD OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST TREACHEROUS SURF CONDITIONS
WHICH WILL IMPACT AREA BEACHES TODAY.
WHEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH...THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL
LEVELS OF SWIMMERS. ENTERING THE SURF IS NOT ADVISED.
.WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL BRING INCREASING SWELLS AND WINDS TO
THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ADJACENT WATERS OF
VOLUSIA COUNTY AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WATERS DUE TO INCREASING
WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IMPACTS TO PORTIONS
OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA INTO EARLY THIS WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST LOCAL STATEMENTS ON BERYL FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.
FORMAL ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
There are currently no Special Weather Statements Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach Regional Airport, .
Shortterm Forecast
504 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
.NOW...TROPICAL STORM BERYL STRENGTHENS AS IT APPROACHES THE NORTH
FLORIDA COAST. TROPICAL STORM BERYL LOCATED ABOUT 85 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA HAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65
MPH AND A PRESENT MOVEMENT TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH. THE CURRENT TRACK
OF THIS SYSTEM WILL TAKE IT NEAR THE NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA COAST LATER THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
ISSUED FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY AND THE MARINE WATERS SOUTHWARD ALONG THE
NORTH FLORIDA COAST TO THE VOLUSIA COUNTY-BREVARD COUNTY LINE
EXTENDING OUT FROM THE COAST 60 NAUTICAL MILES.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN PLACE FOR ALL OTHER LEGS EXCEPT THE
NEAR SHORE LEG SOUTH FROM SEBASTIAN INLET THROUGH JUPITER INLET. WEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS AND SEAS
BUILDING TO 9 TO 11 FEET WHERE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS EXIST OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS. FURTHER SOUTHWARD...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME 20 TO 25
KNOTS AND GUSTY WITH SEAS BUILDING 6 TO 9 FEET IN THE ADVISORY AREAS.
SEVERAL RAINBANDS HAVE MOVED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO INTO THIS EVENING. ANY OF THESE
CELLS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE RAINBANDS MAY HAVE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.
OCEAN SWELLS WILL BUILD AHEAD OF BERYL AND WILL IMPACT OUR LOCAL
MARINE WATERS TODAY CREATING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA
BEACHES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. IF YOU MUST ENTER THE SURF...
CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROL ON THE LATEST SURF CONDITIONS AND
ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR
ALL LEVELS OF SWIMMERS.
FOR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING WEATHER HAZARDS AND EXPECTED
IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL...PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT.
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