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  1. CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL MADE LANDFALL NEAR JACKSONVILLE BEACH FL AROUND 1210 AM EDT. THE ESTIMATED INTENSITY WAS 70 MPH 9:30 PM May 27th via web
  2. 50 mph wind gust on Tybee at 10:55 pm 8:27 PM May 27th via web
  3. Strong squall with heavy rains and strong winds moving into Savannah at 11 PM 7:59 PM May 27th via web
  4. Strong squall (Heavy rain and very strong winds) approaching Skidaway Island from the ocean. Should arrive around 10:45 pm. 7:40 PM May 27th via web
  5. WTOC Radar is showing a band of rain squalls ~10 miles E of Tybee at 10:25 moving toward the island ...there before 11 pm. Skidaway too 7:29 PM May 27th via web
  6. Satellite and radar observations indicate that the center of Beryl is about 25 miles from the Jacksonville coast area at 10 pm 6:55 PM May 27th via web
  7. Beryl now at 70 mph sustained winds about 70 miles east of Jacksonville, FL moving west at 10 mph. 5:10 PM May 27th via web
  8. Salt Water Flooding HIGH TIDE after midnight tonight ... could reach 11 feet. Flooding on US 80 near Tybee begins at 9.5 feet. 2:48 PM May 27th via web
  9. Severe Thunderstorm in eastern Chatham Co and the Islands ... hail is quite likely on the Islands 2:55 PM May 22nd via web
  10. Severe T-Storm watch for nearly all of the WTOC viewing area this Tuesday afternoon and evening now until 9 pm. files.wtoc.com/weather/warn_l… 11:46 AM May 15th via web
  11. Sea breeze pushing back on storms near I-95 ... Chatham Co Islands might remain dry! Pea size hail in western Chatham Co 1:49 PM May 14th via web
  12. Very intense lightning storm moving into Savannah ... 4:20 pm Monday 1:20 PM May 14th via web
  13. FYI ... NWS NOAA Weather Radio Station from the Savannah transmitter 162.40 is off the air. 2:45 PM May 9th via web
  14. Severe T-STORM watch until 9 pm for all coastal counties in our area including adjacent counties. Very strong storms approaching I-95. 12:11 PM May 9th via web
  15. 2.20" of rain at WTOC as of 1:40 pm. Rain just beginning at Coffee Bluff on far south side of Savannah ... 0.03" there. 10:43 AM May 7th via web
  16. Super Full Moon rise this evening will be at 7:57 pm in Savannah. Add 1 minute every 13 miles westward. 4:00 PM May 5th via web
  17. Record Max temperature in Savannah today ... 95°. Old record was 94 set in 1952 3:55 PM May 5th via web
  18. Rain chances increase next few days ... Winds could be an issue for the "Tall Ship Challenge" on Monday ... wtoc.com/story/15714708… 3:10 PM May 3rd via web
  19. Space Station visible tonight (Friday) ... in the NNW at 9:27, disappears in less than 5 seconds at 9:30 high in the ENE 1:36 PM Apr 27th via web
  20. Space Station Visible Tonight: NNW at 9:44, Rides medium high in the N at 9:46 then dissapears in the earth's shadow a few seconds later. 2:29 PM Apr 25th via web
  • Name Patrick Prokop
  • Location Savannah, GA
  • Bio Broadcast meteorologist at WTOC TV, Savannah since 1980
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