The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor a tropical disturbance off the Southeast U.S. Coast. This disturbance could bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Carolinas over the weekend according to reports.
The system is unlikely to develop into a tropical depression or storm before reaching the shore. However, “heavy rainfall will be possible for portions of the Carolina coast late this week into the weekend,” according to a Thursday morning forecast from the hurricane center.
The National Weather Service in Wilmington, North Carolina, stated Thursday that “several inches of rain could fall near the coast over the next few days as low pressure moves inland off the Atlantic.”
Beryl has dissipated but a cold front linked to the former storm Beryl will stall along the East Coast on Thursday, causing thunderstorm activity through Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
This front will bring several inches of rain from coastal South Carolina to southern New Jersey.
There is a slight risk of excessive rainfall in the Virginia Tidewater region, the North Carolina coast on Thursday, and the broader Mid-Atlantic coastal region on Friday.
Earlier, Beryl caused severe weather in southeast Texas on Monday, resulting in at least four deaths, flooded highways, closed oil ports, over 1,300 flight cancellations, and power outages for millions.
Last week, Beryl caused significant destruction in the Caribbean, killing at least 11 people and severely damaging infrastructure on several islands.
Beryl, which briefly became the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, last made landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Friday morning.
