Tropical Storm Julia formed overnight off the coast of Florida and Southern Georgia bringing at least one tornado and heavy rain.
Advertisement
Julia is located about 60 miles (95 km) south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour (55 kph), the Miami-based weather forecaster said.
The FOX 5 Storm Team said the slow-moving storm will likely remain a Tropical Storm through Wednesday before slowing and eventually weakening later in the evening.
In South Carolina, flood watches are posted from the Charleston area southwest to the Georgia state line.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say Tropical Storm Julia could mean 4 to 8 inches (102 to 203 mm) of rain along the SC coast through Friday as it moves slowly northeast.
Some minor street flooding was reported early Wednesday in Brunswick, Georgia, and on nearby Sea Island.
The National Weather service said Julia was the first tropical storm to form over land in Florida since records have been kept. But the worst wind and rainfall had subsided by daybreak Wednesday as the storm passed to the northwest.
Rossiter walked to school Wednesday morning in stiff, swirling winds and a steady drizzle, he said. But as students arrived for classes he said, “so far, everything is a go”.
Tropical storm watches and warnings were canceled in Georgia and Florida, which means there is no risk of a tropical storm here, science officer Reid Hawkins of the weather service said Wednesday.
Advertisement
As of 1:30 p.m., there were no reports of flooding north of the Broad River, according to officials from Port Royal, Beaufort, Lady’s Island and Burton. In the Pacific, Hurricane Orlene continues to weaken.
