Active Advisories:    Hurricane Local Statement Flood Watch
  • Currently

    Reported at Moultrie, Moultrie Municipal Airport, GA
    10:35 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
  • 79°F26°C
  • Clear
    Clear
  • Feels Like:80°F26.8°CDew Point:63°F17°CHumidity:58% Winds:NE 7 mph 11 kph
    Pressure:29.94 in1014 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters

Hurricane Local Statement

648 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM TROPICAL STORM 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. 

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

THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.

THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS AROUND 40
PERCENT...WHICH IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS
FORECASTS TODAY. 

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE AREA AT THIS
TIME. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR A FEW GUSTS NEAR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE STRONGEST RAIN
BANDS. 

...INLAND FLOODING...

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

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.

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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.

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