MIAMI — A tropical storm warning has been issued for a stretch of the southeastern seaboard from a disturbance likely to become a tropical storm in the coming hours, forecasters said Sunday evening.
The US National Hurricane Center said the storm system has been moving erratically off South Carolina and is likely to become a named tropical storm sometime overnight or during the day Monday.
A tropical storm warning has been issued from Edisto Beach, South Carolina, to Ocrakoke Inlet near the southernmost tip of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The hurricane center’s advisory at 7 p.m. EDT said some strengthening was possible before the storm’s expected landfall early this week within the warning area.
The low pressure system was centered Sunday evening about 145 miles east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. It had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and was moving northwest at 7 mph (11 km/h), forecasters said.
The storm was expected to dump 3 to 6 inches (7.5 to 15 centimeters) of rain around the region and up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) in isolated locations. Forecasters said the heaviest rain was expected in far northeastern South Carolina and along the North Carolina Coastal Plain. It added that the rainfall could lead to isolated and scattered flooding and urban flooding as well as minor river flooding. Forecasters also said the southeast coast could expect rough waves over the next few days.