…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL CROSSING THE COAST OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA…

.NEW INFORMATION…
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL HAVE DECREASED WITHIN ITS SOUTHWEST QUADRANT. THIS WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL WIND IMPACTS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA…KEEPING THEM MAINLY CONFINED TO COASTAL
AND NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS…
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF VOLUSIA COUNTY.

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 A FEW PASSING SQUALLS…WILL IMPACT THESE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING.

.STORM INFORMATION…
AT 1100 PM EDT…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH…LONGITUDE 81.1 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 65 MILES NORTH OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. BERYL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF BERYL WILL MOVE COMPLETELY ONSHORE NORTHEAST FLORIDA BY 1 OR 2 AM. AFTER LANDFALL…BERYL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST AND SLOW DOWN ON MONDAY…THEN TURN NORTHEASTWARD OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ON TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH…WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BERYL SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS THE CENTER MOVES FARTHER INLAND.

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

.SITUATION OVERVIEW…
THE CENTER OF BERYL WILL VERY SOON FINISH CROSSING THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND. THE WINDS HAVE ALREADY DECREASED WITHIN ITS THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT…
WHICH LIMITS THE POTENTIAL WIND IMPACTS FOR EAST FLORIDA. THE WIND THREAT OVER VOLUSIA COUNTY REMAINS LOW BUT STILL CONCERNING…AT LEAST UNTIL BERYL FULLY WEAKENS WELL INLAND. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL ONLY BE 10 TO 15 MPH…HOWEVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS.

FOR LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF VOLUSIA COUNTY…BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO DRAG A FEW RAINBANDS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT…WITH EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE STORMS AND SQUALLS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 3O
TO 40 MPH.

OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC…SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF THE VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE…WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS. WINDS WILL BE SLOWER TO DECREASE OVER THE ATLANTIC.

DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT LOCAL BEACHES OVERNIGHT INTO MEMORIAL DAY…WITH OVER 100 RESCUES HAVING BEEN REPORTED IN VOLUSIA COUNTY ALREADY THIS WEEKEND. ENTERING THE SURF IS NOT
ADVISED.

ON MEMORIAL DAY…BERYL MAY HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE INTENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS SUPPORTING AN ELEVATED THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN…GUSTY WINDS…AND LIGHTNING. A
BRIEF TORNADO MAY NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A MEANS FOR RECEIVING WEATHER ALERTS OVERNIGHT AFTER YOU GO TO BED OR IF THE ELECTRICITY HAPPENS TO TEMPORARILY GO OUT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALSO…CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE HEADING OUT IN THE MORNING TO PARTICIPATE IN MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES.