The current National Hurricane Center forecast projects Julia’s winds up to 39 miles per hour reaching into SC by Sunday at 8 p.m.
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“As we know in Florida, storms can quickly develop, bringing severe weather to our state in a moment’s notice”, Scott said in a news release.
If it gained tropical storm strength it would be named Julia.
In the Pacific, Hurricane Orlene continues to weaken, with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour.
Julia has the distinction of being possibly the first storm to form over land in Florida.
The system is expected to slow down in speed on Wednesday and eventually weaken into a tropical depression.
WIND: Tropical-storm-force winds are already occurring within the tropical storm warning area. These rainfall amounts could easily lead to flash flooding in the affected areas. Regardless of development, heavy rain and gusty winds are likely from east-central and northeast Florida northward into southeast Georgia and coastal SC.
But after Monday, the region officially was still more than three inches below normal rainfall for the year, with a total 35.29 inches fallen, according to weather service records.
Tropical Storm warnings have been issued for parts of Florida. Flooding may be further compounded with persistent strong onshore flow reducing river and stream discharges.
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The National Hurricane Center is also watching an area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave a couple of hundred miles east-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands.
