…CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL ABOUT TO MOVE INLAND…TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SPREADING INLAND…

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT…

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE VOLUSIA/BREVARD COUNTY LINE NORTHWARD TO EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA

AT 1100 PM EDT…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH…LONGITUDE 81.1 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MI  E OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA. BERYL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER SHOULD CROSS THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AFTER LANDFALL…BERYL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND THEN TURN NORTHEASTWARD OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH…WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BERYL SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES INLAND AND
BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN DAY OR SO. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE CENTER. HUGUENOT PARK NEAR JACKSONVILLE BEACH RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 53 MPH…WITH A GUST OF 68 MPH.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB…29.32 INCHES.

WIND…TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY AFFECTING THE COAST OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND TONIGHT AND MONDAY. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA TONIGHT.

STORM SURGE…THE COMBINATION OF A STORM SURGE AND THE TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE FLOODED BY RISING
WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING DEPTHS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE…GEORGIA AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA…2 TO 4 FT

SURF…DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS…INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS…ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST FROM NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

RAINFALL…BERYL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES…WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES…FROM
NORTHERN FLORIDA THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.