Tropical Storm Ana Kicks off 2015 Hurricane Season

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Early Start to Atlantic Hurricane Season

June 1 - November 30th

Tropical storm Ana became the first named tropical system of the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season and was first classified as a subtropical or hybrid storm.  It made landfall at 6 a.m. EDT Sunday May 10, 2015,  as a tropical storm along the coast of South Carolina and weakened to a tropical depression less than eight hours later.  Despite weakening, Ana was still expected to deliver soaking rain across eastern North Carolina and into southeastern Virginia through Monday.  Ana's leftover moisture will also spread into some coastal areas of the Northeast.

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Historical Notes:     

Storm Archive 
Graphics Archive
    
1100 PM EDT THU MAY 07 2015
...SUBTROPICAL STORM ANA FORMS OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST...
 
500 AM EDT SAT MAY 09 2015
...ANA TRANSITIONS TO A TROPICAL STORM WHILE IT MOVES SLOWLY
NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE CAROLINAS...

Subtropical Storm Beryl Forms in Atlantic

Subtropical Storm BERYL 

2nd Named Storm in Atlantic

Cruise Ship Impact    Current Watches & Warnings

500 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2012
 
...BERYL IS NOW A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE...THIS IS THE LAST
ADVISORY...

Tropical Storm Beryl, with sustained winds of 70 mph, became the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the U.S. before the official June 1st start of the Atlantic hurricane season. It made landfall just after midnight (local time) on the night of May 27, 2012, near Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Beryl brought welcome rain to parts of the drought stricken Southeast including parts of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas before heading back out to sea.

Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

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CRUISE SHIP IMPACT

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

NONE.

No reported cruise ship itinerary changes at this time.

SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...34.9N 76.1W
ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM WSW OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ENE OR 60 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB...29.47 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS 

CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

ALL COASTAL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
 
WIND...ISOLATED TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG
THE COASTS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY.
 
SURF...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS...INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS...ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TODAY.  FOR
INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS ISSUED BY
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
 
RAINFALL...BERYL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES...IN

Historical Data:                Graphics   Archive   

1100 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...SUBTROPICAL STORM FORMS IN THE SOUTHEWESTERN ATLANTIC...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN
U.S. COAST...

200 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...BERYL STRONGER...NOW A TROPICAL STORM...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

* VOLUSIA/BREVARD COUNTY LINE FLORIDA TO EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA

1215 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
...BERYL MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE COAST OF FLORIDA NEAR JACKSONVILLE
BEACH... 

500 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
...BERYL GRADUALLY WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INLAND...WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS EVEN AS THE WINDS DECREASE...

1100 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
... NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
...BERYL SOAKING PORTIONS OF NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTH GEORGIA...MORE
RAIN TO COME...

1100 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012
 
...BERYL EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER TODAY...