…BERYL TO MAKE LANDFALL TONIGHT…TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE COAST OF NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA…
.NEW INFORMATION…
THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST BEGINNING LATER THIS EVENING.
.AREAS AFFECTED…
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND ATLANTIC WATERS.
.WATCHES/WARNINGS…
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF THE VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE.
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 SQUALLS…WILL IMPACT THESE COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
.STORM INFORMATION…
AT 5 PM EDT…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.0N…LONGITUDE 80.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH…AND ABOUT 110 MILES NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. BERYL WAS MOVING WESTWARD AT 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 996 MB OR 29.41 INCHES.
.SITUATION OVERVIEW…
BERYL STRENGTHENED AND TRANSITIONED TO A TROPICAL STORM EARLIER TODAY…AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD TONIGHT. BERYL WILL
MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COASTLINE BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE STARTING AROUND MIDNIGHT. 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 INCREASE IN BOTH FREQUENCY AND STRENGTH TONIGHT AS BERYL APPROACHES LANDFALL…AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA WELL AFTER LANDFALL ON MONDAY…MEMORIAL DAY. OUTSIDE OF THE RAIN BANDS…CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE LEADING TO HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON LOCAL INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS OUTSIDE OF SQUALLS. OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC…SUSTAINED WINDS AT OR NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE ALREADY 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 MONDAY MORNING…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 REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND 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.