Julia is predicted to weaken to a tropical depression Wednesday night.
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The storm, after drifting along coastal Georgia, had gusting winds around 40 miles per hour (65 kph) with higher blasts.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Ponte Vedra Beach north to Altamaha Sound, Georgia. Little change in strength is expected tonight. Sovine says Tropical Depression Julia will likely be downgraded to a low-pressure system over the next couple of days.
There are no watches or warnings posted for this storm.
Julia has weakened to a tropical depression off SC after bringing steady rains, but not the torrential downpours and widespread flooding that had been feared, to the coast of the Southeast from Florida to the Carolinas.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles, mainly to the northeast and southeast of the center.
Street flooding caused a handful of downtown streets in Charleston to be closed Wednesday.
Students were told to report to school in Glynn County, but officials warned parents that some bus delays were possible because of the rain.
Rossiter walked to school Wednesday morning in stiff, swirling winds and a steady drizzle, he said. High tide on the island is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, and Buelterman said the hope was that copious amounts of rain would not drench the island around that time. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Ian continues to chug through open central Atlantic waters and remains no land threat and newly formed Tropical Depression 12 will continue to move westward, possibly becoming Tropical Storm Karl by later today.
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In the eastern Pacific, Hurricane Orlene is drifting to the west-northwest at 6 mph from a location about 695 miles west-southwest of southern Baja California, and is not yet a threat to land.
