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| No data for this date - Showing most recent prior to 08-18-2012 HLSCHS URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1122 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...BERYL WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL STILL EXPECTED... .NEW INFORMATION... WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT ANYWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5N...LONGITUDE 82.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SC...OR ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GA. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 6 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 35 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... BERYL HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY INLAND NEAR THE FLORIDA-GEORGIA STATE LINE. ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE THREAT THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AS RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPRESSION CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA. ACROSS AREA BEACHES...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO CONTINUE ALONG WITH SOME ROUGH SURF THROUGH TODAY. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING...BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. ALSO...BE ALERT FOR ANY DOWNED LIMBS AND TREES...WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME DOWNED POWER LINES. MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE MAKING ANY PLANS TO DEPART THROUGH THIS EVENING. && .NEXT UPDATE... AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA. SCZ048>051-281630- /O.CAN.KCHS.HU.S.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 1122 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... ...COASTAL HAZARDS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG WITH ROUGH SURF AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. $$ |
