Issued at 500 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 000WTNT32 KNHC 280842TCPAT2 BULLETINTROPICAL STORM BERYL ADVISORY NUMBER 10NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022012500 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...BERYL GRADUALLY WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INLAND...WILL CONTINUE TOPRODUCE HEAVY RAINS EVEN AS THE WINDS DECREASE... SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION----------------------------------------------LOCATION...30.3N 82.0WABOUT 20 MI...30 KM W OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDAABOUT 85 MI...135 KM ESE OF VALDOSTA GEORGIAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB...29.44 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS--------------------CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED NORTH OF THESAVANNAH RIVER. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...* FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER GEORGIA FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLEINLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BYYOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK------------------------------AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WASLOCATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACEOBSERVATIONS NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.0 WEST. BERYLIS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THEWEST-NORTHWEST AND THEN TOWARD THE NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARDSPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEASTON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BERYL WILLCONTINUE MOVING INLAND OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA TODAY AND MOVE INTOSOUTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUETODAY...AND BERYL IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSIONTONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE JACKSONVILLENAVAL AIR STATION RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 33 MPH...54 KM/H...AND A WIND GUST OF 41 MPH...67 KM/H. A WIND GUST OF 44MPH...70 KM/H...WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT NAVAL STATION MAYPORT. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONSIS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND----------------------WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COASTWITHIN THE WARNING AREA TODAY...AND WILL ALSO SPREAD INLAND NEAR THECENTER OF BERYL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLEELSEWHERE OVER NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIATODAY...PARTICULARLY IN RAINBANDS. 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... GEORGIA AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA...2 TO 4 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...INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS...AREEXPECTED ALONG THE COAST FROM NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA TO NORTHCAROLINA OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. PLEASE SEESTATEMENTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FORINFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA. RAINFALL...BERYL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES...FROMNORTHERN FLORIDA THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. NEXT ADVISORY-------------NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM EDT.NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM EDT. $$FORECASTER BRENNAN/ROBERTS
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