Tropical Storm Alberto forms near South Carolina

Tropical Storm Alberto has formed off the coast of South Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It poses no threat to land.

Tropical Storm Alberto is centered at latitude 32.2 north and longitude 77.7 west, about 140 miles east-southeast of Charleston, S.C., and about 120 miles south of Cape Fear, N.C. It has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is moving southwest at 3 mph. Its minimum central pressure is 1007 millibars or 29.74 inches.