Active Advisories:    Tropical Storm Warning Flood Watch Statement

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    Reported at Brunswick, Malcolm Mckinnon Airport, GA
    5:23 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
  • 75°F24°C
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  • Feels Like:75°F24°CDew Point:70°F21°CHumidity:83% Winds:SE 22 mph G 3735 kph G 60
    Pressure:29.77 in1008 hPaVisibility:7.00 miles11263.00 meters

Tropical Storm Warning

548 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

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

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU
LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

&&

...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 100 PERCENT. 

...WINDS...

AS TROPICAL STORM BERYL MOVES FARTHER INLAND...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE MAINLY
ALONG THE COAST.

MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. LOOSE OUTDOORS OBJECTS
WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY
BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

ELEVATED COASTAL WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST AND ADJACENT
ESTUARY SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. THE HIGHEST STORM
SURGE LEVELS WILL FOCUS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA DUE TO ONSHORE FLOW...WITH
RISES OF 2 TO 4 FEET POSSIBLE. FARTHER SOUTH...THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA
COAST WILL EXPERIENCE WATER RISES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 3 FEET. ELEVATED
WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SAN MARCO AND RIVERSIDE...AS BERYL MOVES FARTHER WEST OF THE ST JOHNS
RIVER THIS MORNING...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND THIS WILL PUSH
WATER NORTHWARD INTO DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE. WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
AND RIVER FLOODING IT IS LIKELY SAN MARCO AND RIVERSIDE AREAS WILL
EXPERIENCE FLOODING TODAY. DEPENDING UPON THE STRENGTH OF THE
WIND...IT IS POSSIBLE THIS FLOODING MAY APPROACH THE LEVELS DURING
TROPICAL STORM FAY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATERS AND STAY AWAY
FROM BULKHEADS AND DOCKS.

MODERATE TO MAJOR BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR...WHICH WILL BECOME
SUBSTANTIAL IF CONDITIONS EXTEND THROUGH MULTIPLE HIGH TIDES.

SEVERAL ROADS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS MAY BE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

IN ADDITION...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF CONDITION
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

...INLAND FLOODING...

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF
4 TO 8 INCHES...POSSIBLY HIGHER IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. RAINBANDS
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA TODAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY DUE TO THE STORM SLOWING DOWN ONCE IT
MAKES LANDFALL AND STALLING OVER THE AREA. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED.

SEE THE LATEST FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT
IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

...TORNADOES...

THERE WILL BE A LOW CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS AND TORNADOES TODAY.

Flood Watch


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HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY-
ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE-
JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-
INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-
COASTAL CAMDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY...

MACCLENNY...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...LAKE BUTLER...

STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...ST AUGUSTINE...TRENTON...

GAINESVILLE...PALATKA...PALM COAST...OCALA...DOUGLAS...

HAZLEHURST...ALMA...BAXLEY...JESUP...PEARSON...WAYCROSS...

BLACKSHEAR...NAHUNTA...BRUNSWICK...STATENVILLE...HOMERVILLE...

FOLKSTON...WOODBINE...ST MARYS
351 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY AND CONTINUE
AFFECTING THE REGION INTO TUESDAY.

* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH 
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN A FEW LOCATIONS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED 
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

Statement

247 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF 
ZONE. LARGE BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO RIP CURRENTS. STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL 
CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 

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 GROINS...

JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH
PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM
AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE
FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG
SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY.

&&
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