Rip currents and heavy surf are also possible along the Georgia, South Carolina and southern North Carolina beaches through Monday.
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In the forecast for Monday, variably cloudy, breezy with scattered showers/rain with a few isolated thunderstorms as TD Bonnie moves slowly off to the northeast.
Bonnie brought up to 8 inches of rain to parts of SC, flooding roads and shutting the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 for about 16 hours Sunday. Some beaches in Georgia, South Carolina and southern North Carolina put up no swimming flags.
In Wichita, Kansas, authorities resumed their search on Sunday for an 11-year-old boy believed dead after being swept away by a rushing creek on Friday, Fire Battalion Chief Scott Brown told KAKE TV.
A tropical depression strengthened to Tropical Storm Bonnie on Saturday. But he says the downpours have returned.
Tropical Storm Bonnie hit the Carolinas on Sunday with only a slight roar, but weather researchers say it could be the start of a particularly active hurricane season.
The storm is expected to move along the SC coast on Monday and the North Carolina coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, forecasters said. Heavy rain has been the primary biproduct over the Carolina’s. It was August, 2004 when a relatively weak tropical storm “Bonnie” made landfall in the Fl. Panhandle.
Many of the Memorial Day services listed in Lehigh and Northampton counties have rain locations, but some, including the Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace observance at Cedar Beach in Allentown will be at the mercy of the weather.
The 5 p.m. (EDT) advisory placed Tropical Storm Bonnie about 125 miles offshore from Charleston, South Carolina.
Tropical Depression Bonnie is expected to bring more heavy rainfall to the Carolinas as it moves along the coastline, making for a wet Memorial Day holiday. The system prompted flash flood warnings in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties through late Sunday morning and broke rainfall records both weekend days.
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The Charleston International Airport, where the Weather Service is located, recorded 2.42 inches of rain Saturday, beating the 1984 record of 1.35 inches, according to Berry.
