Tropical Storm Warning

556 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 WILL CAUSE WILL CAUSE A SUDDEN
INCREASE IN WINDS ACROSS YOUR AREA.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL
OCCUR OVERNIGHT...AND A LITTLE HIGHER IN SQUALLS. AT THESE SPEEDS 
WINDS WILL 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.

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.

&&

There are currently no Hazardous Weather Outlooks New Smyrna Beach, New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport, .

There are currently no Special Weather Statements New Smyrna Beach, New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport, .

Shortterm Forecast

740 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

.NOW...

RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL MOVE GENERALLY TO
THE SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH OVER AREAS FROM VOLUSIA COUNTY TO OSCEOLA
AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. LOCATIONS FROM ORMOND BEACH TO KISSIMMEE
AND ALONG THE COAST TO VERO BEACH WILL EXPERIENCE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO
55 MPH OR HIGHER ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THE RAINBANDS MOVE
THROUGH AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

&&

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