According to satellite and radar information, a small low pressure system could be forming about 140 miles south of Cape Fear, North Carolina. This could develop into a tropical depression at any time. The system will be moving north to northeast at 15 to 20 mph.
Residents along the NC coast should closely monitor the progress of this system today, as tropical storm warnings could be required at short notice, even if this system does not form into a tropical cyclone. Showers and thunderstorms accompanied by localised heavy rainfall and strong, gusty winds will gradually spread onshore into NC today and early tonight.
Further info: www.nhc.noaa.gov
Boy they sure get hit don't they? Nine years ago I went to NC to visit relatives. We went to Cape Fear and some other coastal places. I recall one beach had just a handfull of homes on it. The rest (which was quite a lot) had been destroyed by storms. I couldn't believe it!
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