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The Atlantic hurricane season runs each year from June 1 to Nov. 30. The most active time is late August into October, but it's possible to see a hurricane make landfall any time of the year. 

Tropical Storm Chantal strengthens off SC coast, expected to bring rip currents and storms to NC coast. Tropical Storm Warning in effect

Hello everyone, I'm meteorologist Mike Mays in the WRAOs Severe Weather Center with your tropical update for this Friday evening. We've got a lot of updates to share with you. Here's the Atlantic basin quiet there, but closer to home. We have tropical depression number 3 that formed. Hurricane Hunter aircraft flew in. They found a closed circulation, and now we have tropical depression. From the 5 o'clock advisory top winds are at 35. It's 150 miles south southeast of Charles Charleston in South Carolina, moving north at 2. There are tropical storm watches in effect from Edisto Beach all the way to Little River Inlet and our southern facing beaches, at least the coastal waters, under tropical storm watch as well. So let's take a look at the forecast tracking intensities from the National Hurricane Center. By 20 a.m. Saturday, top winds are 35 MPH, 2 a.m. Sunday. It is, or at least forecast to become Tropical Storm Chantal, briefly developing weak with top winds at 40 MPH, making landfall, and then a remnant low, making its way into the sandhills 20 a.m. Monday. Now the bulk of our rain will Likely be during the day on Sunday. Tropical radar showing the counterclockwise rotation of that system off the South Carolina coast. Futurecast showing the movement of the storm will be rather slow. During the day Saturday. There could be a few isolated showers in our eastern counties, more likely at the coast, and then during the day on Sunday, the rain comes in. As of right now, a 60% chance for showers and thunderstorms. Be aware that potential could go up. Could look at some heavy rainfall. Winds 10 to 15 MPH, maybe gusts up to 20 to 30, should be negligible down east of the coast for the day tomorrow, Saturday, moderate rip current risks. Some of the beaches in South Carolina will have a high risk, and then during the day on Sunday, our beaches will, at least the southeastern coast will have high rip current risks because of that storm making its way in. Still a chance of rain Sunday night and into Monday. Monday, the system departs and still a small chance of rain behind that system. So for the day on Sunday, we have a low and risk for flooding from Raleigh, Fayetteville, south to Wilmington and down east of the coast. There could be some localized flooding, flood advisories, maybe flash flood warnings, and then during the day on Monday, it's relegated more to Wilson County, Wayne County, Sampson County, and toward the coast to Plain and the coast. And the key points to point out. Moderate to high rip current risks, coastal impacts will be low. It'll be breezy, if not windy, showers will be likely. They'll have some rough surf, minimal local impacts with rain more likely now during the day on Sunday, and the winds could be rather breezy as well. So that's our tropical update. We'll have another update later this evening. Take care.

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