Heavy rain is the main threat with this new system. It was forecast to move to the west-northwest.
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Tropical Storm Julia formed overnight, with the center of the storm forming over land instead of over, as is usually the case.
Tropical Storm Julia, centered 16km west of Brunswick, Georgia, is seen in an image from NOAA’s GOES-East satellite captured at 8:37am September 14, 2016.
America’s National Hurricane Centre said Ian will strengthen over the next 48 hours with wind speeds expected to reach storm-force.
Even though Julia is weaker today, rough surf from the storm will create a high danger for rip currents for the state’s beaches.
Tropical Storm Julia formed late Tuesday night in Florida becoming the first tropical system to be named while over land. Regardless of the exact location of Julia it will continue to bring rain and gusty winds to coastal areas of Georgia and SC.
The rainmaker is expected to move very slowly north over the next couple of days, bringing strong winds and rain accumulations of 2 to 6 inches to parts of the SC coast and 2 to 4 inches near Savannah, GA.
The storm, after drifting along coastal Georgia, had gusting winds around 40 miles per hour (65 kph) with higher blasts. The storm was expected to weaken to a tropical depression later in the day. But the worst wind and rainfall had subsided by daybreak Wednesday as the storm passed to the northwest.
“Well, it’s unlucky for us”, said Heleen Braun.
“Julia packed a punch last night”, said Whit Chapman, a St. Simons Island Resident.
Rossiter walked to school Wednesday morning in stiff, swirling winds and a steady drizzle, he said.
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“If things worsen, we hunker down right here”, he told The Associated Press by phone. By 7 p.m. Wednesday, James Island had received 3.69 inches of rain and Mount Pleasant had 3.38 inches of rain, Mohlin said. State officials estimated that about 100 homes and businesses were still without power through the morning. “There was a lot of tropical moisture down towards the Jacksonville, Florida area on Tuesday and it organized enough to get a low level centre of circulation”.
