Tornado Watch in Effect Until 6pm ET for Myrtle Beach, SC
09/27/24 7:52am ET
Good morning everyone. We continue to adjust the forecast for the Northeast as we are at mercy of what our tropical system wants to do. We’ll get into specifics down below on that, but for us here up north, clouds will stick around a couple of extra days. Also, high pressure is much weaker than expected and positioned poorly, so areas such as eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and southeast New York, could see some gusty tropical showers and maybe a few rumbles tomorrow.
This is all due to our storm going much further to the east than expected after making landfall. We are still expecting it to take a turn to the west, but that turn is very wide. This puts areas of North Carolina and South Carolina in the “sweet spot” for the heaviest rain and the biggest risk of severe weather. We are seeing that now in both upstate and coastal sections of South Carolina.
Widespread severe weather is likely, including damaging winds, hail, torrential rain, and the risk of numerous brief tornadoes. We are seeing that play out as we speak, with numerous tornado warnings between Charleston and Myrtle Beach for radar-indicated rotation in thunderstorm cells. For this reason, the National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for almost the entire state of South Carolina, and southeast North Carolina as those storms progress east and north.