MIAMI — A tropical storm warning has been issued for a stretch of the Southeast seacoast amid the threat of heavy rain and coastal flooding from bad weather off the Carolinas, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.
Forecasters at the Miami-based center said the disturbance has emerged off the coast and that a tropical storm warning was issued from Edisto Beach, South Carolina, up to Ocrakoke Inlet near the southernmost extreme of North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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An advisory at 5 p.m. EDT Sunday said the area of bad weather was centered about 125 miles east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. It has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is moving to the northwest toward the coast at 7 mph.
Forecasters said the storm raises the risk of urban and flash flooding and minor river flooding in the next few days, along with high surf around the Southeast.
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