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First 2016 U.S. tropical storm warning issued for South Carolina

A tropical storm warning, the year's first for the United States, was issued on Friday by the National Weather Service for the coast of South Carolina, five days before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

The bulletin, posted by the weather service's National Hurricane Center in Miami, warned of tropical storm conditions within 36 hours along coastal South Carolina from the Savannah River north to the Little River Inlet.

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