Tropical storm warnings issued for the Carolina coast, tropical system to bring heavy rain and coastal flood threatTropical storm warnings issued for the Carolina coast, tropical system to bring heavy rain and coastal flood threat 

Tropical storm warnings have been issued from Edisto Beach, South Carolina northward to Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. The disturbance is being called Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight, a designation used by the National Hurricane Center to denote a storm that has not yet formed but is expected to soon and will bring impacts within the 48-hour window that requires alerts to be issued.