SC Lowcountry now under hurricane warning, watch issued for NC coast
A hurricane warning is now in effect for the South Carolina Lowcountry, including Charleston, as of 11 a.m. Tuesday. The National Hurricane Center also issued a hurricane watch for the rest of the South Carolina coast and almost all of North Carolina’s coastal communities.
The Hilton Head area is under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning.
Forecasters say Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 2 storm with maximum winds at 110 mph. Dorian is weaker than it was when it began to batter the Bahamas, but is still a dangerous storm.
The hurricane watch extends from South Carolina’s Grand Strand area all the way up the North Carolina coast and Outer Banks to just below Elizabeth City.
“Life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds are expected along portions of the Florida east coast and the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina, regardless of the exact track of Dorian’s center,” the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. briefing Tuesday.
“The risk of life-threatening storm surge continues to increase along the coast of North Carolina,” the NHC said.
This story was originally published September 3, 2019 at 11:55 AM with the headline "SC Lowcountry now under hurricane warning, watch issued for NC coast."
