Issued at 500 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 000WTNT32 KNHC 262054TCPAT2 BULLETINSUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL ADVISORY NUMBER 4NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022012500 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...HURRICANE HUNTERS INVESTIGATING BERYL... SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION----------------------------------------------LOCATION...31.5N 76.6WABOUT 220 MI...350 KM ESE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINAABOUT 315 MI...505 KM ENE OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...SW OR 225 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB...29.50 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS--------------------CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...* VOLUSIA/BREVARD COUNTY LINE FLORIDA TO EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...* NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITEDSTATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASEMONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICEFORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDETHE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONALMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK------------------------------AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM BERYL WASLOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.6 WEST. THE STORM ISMOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H...AND THIS GENERALMOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. A TURN TOWARDTHE WEST IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTEROF BERYL WILL BE NEAR THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA BY LATESUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHERGUSTS. A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT DAY ORSO. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KMFROM THE CENTER. AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUMCENTRAL PRESSURE OF 999 MB...29.50 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE COASTWITHIN THE WARNING AREA FROM NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA TO SOUTH CAROLINAON SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREAALONG THE CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT OR ON SUNDAY. STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF A STORM SURGE AND THE TIDE WILLCAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE FLOODED BY RISINGWATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING DEPTHS ABOVE GROUND IFTHE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE... COASTAL PORTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...GEORGIA...AND NORTH FLORIDA...1 TO 3 FT THE DEEPEST WATER WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST NEAR AND TOTHE NORTH OF THE LANDFALL LOCATION...WHERE THE SURGE WILL BEACCOMPANIED BY LARGE WAVES. SURGE-RELATED FLOODING DEPENDS ON THERELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE AND THE TIDAL CYCLE...AND CAN VARYGREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOURAREA...PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHERSERVICE OFFICE. SURF...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST FROMNORTHEASTERN FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA OVER THE MEMORIAL DAYWEEKEND. PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONALWEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA. RAINFALL...BERYL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATESFROM NORTHERN FLORIDA THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. NEXT ADVISORY-------------NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 PM EDT.NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM EDT. $$FORECASTER CANGIALOSI/FRANKLIN
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