…BERYL MAKING ITS LANDFALL APPROACH UPON NORTHEAST FLORIDA WITH WINDS JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH…
.NEW INFORMATION…
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL ARE CURRENTLY JUST BELOW CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE STRENGTH. BERYL IS STILL FORECAST TO
MAKE LANDFALL AS A TROPICAL STORM…BUT WITH SOME HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS NOW MORE LIKELY FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
.WATCHES/WARNINGS…
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.
ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT FOR LAKE…ORANGE…SEMINOLE…BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES…STRONG
WIND GUSTS…LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING…MAINLY IN QUICKLY PASSING SQUALLS…WILL IMPACT THESE COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
.STORM INFORMATION…
AT 800 PM EDT…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH…LONGITUDE 80.5 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 65
MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH. BERYL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH. A WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
LANDFALL. AFTER LANDFALL…BERYL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND THEN TURN NORTHWARD OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
BERYL IS NOW JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 70 MPH…WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH
IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL…BUT ANY ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN STRENGTH WOULD MAKE BERYL A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE. STEADY
WEAKENING IS FORECAST AFTER LANDFALL…AND BERYL IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY MONDAY NIGHT.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 992 MB…29.29 INCHES.
.SITUATION OVERVIEW…
BERYL HAS STRENGTHENED TO JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH…AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD TONIGHT. BERYL WILL SOON MAKE
LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COASTLINE BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE.
IMPORTANTLY…THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
REMAIN UNCHANGED.
RAIN BANDS FROM BERYL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. EMBEDDED STORMS AND SQUALLS HAVE
PRODUCED FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH…WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGER SQUALLS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 OR 55 MPH.
THESE RAIN BANDS AND SQUALLS WILL PERSIST AS BERYL APPROACHES LANDFALL…AND CONTINUE WELL AFTER LANDFALL ON MONDAY…MEMORIAL
DAY.
OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN BANDS…SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC…SUSTAINED WINDS AT OR NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE OCCURRING NORTH OF THE VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE…WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS.
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT LOCAL BEACHES OVERNIGHT INTO MEMORIAL DAY…WITH SEVERAL RESCUES HAVING BEEN REPORTED
THIS WEEKEND. ENTERING THE SURF IS NOT ADVISED.
BRIEF TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN PASSING SQUALLS.
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
OUTDOOR PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AS GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT SQUALLS WILL CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. AS EVENING ENSUES…AND THE OVERNIGHT APPROACHES…PEOPLE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THE MEANS FOR RECEIVING ALERTS AFTER THEY GO TO BED OR IF THE ELECTRICITY GOES OUT.