Active Advisories:    Flash Flood Watch Tropical Storm Warning
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    Reported at Savannah, Savannah International Airport, GA
    3:53 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
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  • Feels Like:73°F23°CDew Point:70°F21°CHumidity:89% Winds:E 12 mph 19 kph
    Pressure:29.88 in1012 hPaVisibility:9.00 miles14481.00 meters

Flash Flood Watch


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TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-
COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-
INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...

FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...

HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN
442 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
AREAS...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...COASTAL LIBERTY... 
COASTAL MCINTOSH...EVANS...INLAND BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM... 
INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH...LONG AND TATTNALL. 

* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL MEANDER OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA AND FAR
SOUTHERN GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT PUSHING OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST TUESDAY.

* THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING
BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS
PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING
DEVELOPS.

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Tropical Storm Warning

237 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS...

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
DAYBREAK. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY IN AND NEAR RAIN
BANDS MAINLY NEAR THE COAST. SOME DOWNED TREES ALONG WITH POWER
OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

UP TO 1 FOOT OF WATER ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING
HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS MORNING. SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION OF
STRUCTURES IS NOT EXPECTED.

...INLAND FLOODING...

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

BANDS OF SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AS BERYL STALLS TODAY AND THEN MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR FLOODING
OF LOW LYING...POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

...TORNADOES...

THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES IN RAIN BANDS
THROUGH DAYBREAK.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. DANGEROUS SURF
CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST THIS MORNING. SOME BEACH EROSION IS
ALSO EXPECTED.