CHARLESTON, S.C.(AP)
Forecasters say a tropical depression off the Southeast coast is
expected to strengthen and could become a tropical storm.
The National Hurricane Center says at 11 a.m. Saturday that a
tropical storm warning is in effect from the northern South
Carolina coast to the North Carolina-Virginia border. The warning
means tropical storm conditions are expected in the next 24
hours.
The center of the tropical depression is about 90 miles east of
Charleston and about 250 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras, N.C. The
depression is moving toward the northeast at about 7 mph and is
expected to hug the Carolinas' coast during the next two
days.
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with higher gusts. The
system would become a named tropical storm if sustained winds reach
39 mph.
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