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Hurricane Local Statement

224 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...GUSTY WINDS AND SQUALLS FROM BERYL TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE DURING PASSING RAIN SQUALLS AS FLYING DEBRIS
CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...

TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN
EFFECT.

OVER LAND...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN RAIN SQUALLS OVER LAND.

HOWEVER...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL BELOW
TROPICAL STORM FORCE. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE
LOCATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH
GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
FOR THE WATERS NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. SEAS OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER
WINDS AND SEAS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN ONGOING SQUALLS.

CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT.

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.

&&

Lake Wind Advisory


FLZ147-280000-
/O.CON.KMLB.LW.Y.0015.120527T1500Z-120528T0000Z/
NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TITUSVILLE
1007 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY AS THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL MOVES TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME
SOUTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. 

* IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND CREATE HAZARDOUS 
AND CHOPPY WATERS FOR SMALL BOATS OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS 
AS WELL AS INLAND LAKES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

&&