Active Advisories: Tropical Storm Warning
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Reported at Hilton Head Automatic Weather Observing / Reporting System, SC
1:50 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012- 82°F28°C
Partly Cloudy- Feels Like:86°F30.1°CDew Point:70°F21°CHumidity:66%
Winds:NE 17 mph G 2927 kph G 47
Pressure:29.97 in1015 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Tropical Storm Warning
252 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...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 49 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THERE COULD BE UP TO 1/2 TO 1 FOOT OF WATER ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT...PRODUCING SOME SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. HOWEVER...NO SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION OF COASTAL RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ...INLAND FLOODING... OTHER THAN SOME BRIEF SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH RAIN BANDS MOVING ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON...RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT. CHANCES FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AS RAIN BANDS FROM BERYL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE STORM MAY STALL FOR MUCH OF MONDAY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POORLY DRAINED AREAS MAY RESULT. ...TORNADOES... A SMALL THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS RAIN BANDS FROM BERYL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL LIKELY BE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF TONIGHT. ...COASTAL HAZARDS... AS NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND INCREASING SURF. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR SOME BEACH EROSION MAINLY DURING THE NEXT MAJOR HIGH TIDE LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
