Tropical Storm Julia Dumping Heavy Rain on Florida, Georgia

This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, at 9:45 AM EDT shows a cold front over the Great Lakes and the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Along the front is a developing storm that is producing areas of rain. A strong area of high pressure over the Eastern United States, will direct the storm to the Northwest. This will keep the clear weather conditions over the east. Over Florida is a surface low pressure system that is developing tropical like characteristics. The low should move the Northwest and develop rain and gusty winds in its path. (Weather Underground via AP)

This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, at 9:45 AM EDT shows a cold front over the Great Lakes and the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Along the front is a developing storm that is producing areas of rain. A strong area of high pressure over the Eastern United States, will direct the storm to the Northwest. This will keep the clear weather conditions over the east. Over Florida is a surface low pressure system that is developing tropical like characteristics. The low should move the Northwest and develop rain and gusty winds in its path. (Weather Underground via AP)

MIAMI — Slow-moving Tropical Storm Julia dumped rain across northeast Florida and along much of the Georgia coastline Wednesday morning, but in most places it was business as usual.

Schools and government offices remained open as the storm, which formed late Tuesday afternoon off Florida's Atlantic coast, skirted across Jacksonville and moved north, bringing rain and tropical winds to much of southern Georgia.

Near 11 a.m. EDT Julia was centered about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Brunswick, Georgia, and moving north-northeast at 6 mph (10 kph). Its maximum sustained winds were near 40 mph (64 kph). The storm was expected to weaken to a tropical depression later in the day.

Some minor street flooding was reported early Wednesday in Brunswick, Georgia, and on nearby Sea Island. Winds from Julia also downed some limbs and caused power outages on St. Simons Island, said Jay Wiggins, emergency management director for Glynn County. But the worst wind and rainfall had subsided by daybreak Wednesday as the storm passed to the northwest.

"We were very lucky once again," Wiggins said. "Really it was not much of an issue for us."

Students were told to report to school in Glynn County, but officials warned parents that some bus delays were possible because of the rain.

Up the coast, Principal Patrick Rossiter of Tybee Island Maritime Academy said he was keeping close tabs on the latest storm reports and radar Wednesday.

Rossiter said he walked to the school near Savannah in stiff, swirling winds and a steady drizzle.

"If things worsen, we hunker down right here," he told The Associated Press by phone. But as students arrived for classes he said, "so far, everything is a go."

Tybee Island Mayor Jason Buelterman said, "We're flying our double red flags at the beach, which basically means the beach is closed." Buelterman said officials hope the downpour won't drench the island when the tide peaks at 6:30 p.m.

Georgia Power officials said fewer than 100 homes and businesses were without electricity Wednesday morning along a 60-mile stretch of the Georgia coastline between Brunswick and Savannah.

Overnight, Julia brought wind and rain to the Jacksonville area in northeast Florida, but there were few reports of damage.

The Hurricane Center also said an isolated tornado was possible across coastal Georgia and southern South Carolina on Wednesday. A tropical storm warning was in effect Wednesday morning from Fernandina Beach to the Altamaha Sound in Georgia but was later canceled.

Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Ian was moving north in the central Atlantic but still was no threat to land. In the Pacific, Hurricane Orlene continued to weaken.

By FREIDA FRISARO - Sep. 14, 2016 10:53 AM EDTAP

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Associated Press writers Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, and Jeff Martin in Atlanta contributed to this report.

 
 

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