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T.S. Alberto forms off South Carolina coast (continued)

- A low pressure system off the coast of South Carolina became Tropical Storm Alberto Saturday afternoon.

- This is the first tropical storm of the season and has sustained winds near 50 miles per hour.

- The center is located about 110 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, or about 155 miles east of Savannah, Georgia, as of 11 p.m. Eastern Time Saturday evening.

- Alberto is moving to the southwest near 6 miles per hour.

- A slow southwest motion is expected through Sunday with a turn to the west-northwest and then the north by Monday.

- A tropical storm watch has been issued for parts of the South Carolina Coast between the Savannah River and the South Santee River: this includes Charleston and Beaufort.

- A "tropical storm watch" means that tropical storm conditions are possible somewhere in the watch area, in this case within the next 24 hours.

- In the Eastern Pacific, an area of low pressure several hundred miles south of Acapulco is still being monitored for development.

- This low has become somewhat better organized in the last day or so, and has some slow development potential.