Tropical Storm Bertha forms off South Carolina overnight

[Dennis Donovan]

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National Hurricane Center ✔@NHC_Atlantic

Tropical Storm #Bertha has formed near the coast of South Carolina this morning. Heavy rainfall will be the biggest threat, along with tropical storm force winds along portions of the South Carolina coast http://hurricanes.gov





8:14 AM - May 27, 2020

Does this seem... weird to anyone else? That a Tropical Storm formed off the coast of SC instead of out in the Atlantic?

[dewsgirl]

1. K and R

[malaise]

2. Two named storms before June 1

Experts say this is going to be a bad hurricane season.
Stay safe from this warm up folks.

[snort]

3. Pray for Alabama.

[gratuitous]

4. It's right in the path, isn't it?

Look out, 'Bama!

[malaise]

5. Snort

[2naSalit]

6. I wonder

whither the sharpie will make it go.

[Dennis Donovan]

9. Too late... looks like a direct hit:

[fleur-de-lisa]

11. LOL!

Quick, someone get a Sharpie and divert the storm!

[babylonsister]

7. Seems VERY weird to me, too. nt

[hatrack]

8. Advisory 1? This thing must have formed up literally in about an hour . ..

Going by the NHC Twitter account, this went from "a low just offshore" at 6:43 AM:

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To TS Bertha at 7:08 AM:

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[marmar]

10. Because 2020.