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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTropical Storm Bertha forms off South Carolina overnight
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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?
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Tropical Storm Bertha forms off South Carolina overnight (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
May 2020
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)1. K and R
malaise
(269,063 posts)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
(2,334 posts)3. Pray for Alabama.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. It's right in the path, isn't it?
Look out, 'Bama!
whither the sharpie will make it go.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)9. Too late... looks like a direct hit:
Quick, someone get a Sharpie and divert the storm!
babylonsister
(171,074 posts)7. Seems VERY weird to me, too. nt
hatrack
(59,587 posts)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
(77,084 posts)10. Because 2020.