Tropical Storm Irma was still bringing gusty winds, locally heavy rain and storm surges to parts of the Southeastern U.S. on Monday afternoon.\u00a0 Gusty winds were blowing down trees and bringing down power lines in parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.\u00a0 Locally heavy rainfall resulted in the issuance of Flood Watches and Warnings for portions of those states.\u00a0 Strong winds were blowing water toward the coast in northeastern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.\u00a0 Storm surges caused flooding in Jacksonville, Florida and Savannah, Georgia.\u00a0 The water level at Charleston, South Carolina was higher than it was during Hurricane Matthew in 2016.<\/p>\n
At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Monday the center of Tropical Storm Irma was located at latitude 31.5\u00b0N and longitude 84.0\u00b0W which put it about 10 miles (15 km) east of Albany, Georgia.\u00a0 Irma was moving toward the north-northwest at 17 m.p.h.\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 65 m.p.h. (105 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 985 mb.<\/p>\n
A Tropical Storm Warning remained in effect for the portion of the coast from Altamaha Sound to South Santee River.<\/p>\n
The structure of Tropical Storm Irma evolved as it moved further inland.\u00a0 Drier air wrapped around the\u00a0 western side of the circulation.\u00a0 Convergence between a large surface high north of Irma and the tropical storm produced heavy rain northeast of the center of circulation.\u00a0 The heaviest rain fell over Georgia, South Carolina and the western half of North Carolina.\u00a0 The northern edge of the rain shield was moving over Tennessee and southeast Kentucky.\u00a0 The pressure difference between the high and Irma also generated strong winds in the eastern half of Irma’s circulation.\u00a0 Those strong winds pushed water toward the coast in northern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.\u00a0 The wind caused storm surges of up to 10 feet (3 meters) in some locations.\u00a0 Water was reported in parts of downtown Jacksonville, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina.<\/p>\n
Tropical Storm Irma will continue to move toward the north-northwest and weaken.\u00a0 The circulation of Irma is very large, and it will take a few more days to spin completely.\u00a0 There could be stronger winds in the high elevations of Appalachian Mountains.\u00a0 Locally heavy rain could also create the potential for floods in some valleys.\u00a0 The storm surges along the coast should gradually subside as the wind speeds decrease.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Hurricane Jose was moving northward east of the Bahamas.\u00a0 At 5:00 p.m. EDT on Monday the center of Hurricane Jose was located at latitude 31.5\u00b0N and longitude 84.0\u00b0W which put it about 555 miles (895 km) east of Nassau, Bahamas.\u00a0 Jose was moving toward the north at 12 m.p.h. (19 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 100 m.p.h. (160 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 120 m.p.h. (195 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 973 mb.\u00a0 Hurricane Jose is forecast to make a slow clockwise loop this week.\u00a0 On it anticipated track Hurricane Jose could still be east of the Bahamas at the end of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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