TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR
HEADLINE: 1400 EST 6/19/96
"Look out Raleigh-Durham!" says the Weather Channel at 2pm today as a large line of thunderstorms approaches the area from the east.
HEADLINE: 0800 EST 6/19/96
Continues to head inland, causing torrential rains over NE SC. Final track is still unsure. Pressure and winds steady.
HEADLINE: 2355 EST 6/18/96
Pressure has inched up two millibars.
HEADLINE: 2230 EST 6/18/96
The Hurricane Center has declared that The first tropical depression of the season has now become the first Tropical Storm of the season. Landfall likely tomorrow early morning. We may start seeing rain from this system here in Raleigh overnight.
HEADLINE: 2200 EST 6/18/96
Hurricane Center notes that pressure is falling with the first tropical depression of the year... is now 1004MB. Landfall will occur tonight late or early tomorrow around the NC/SC border. There is a chance that it could be a tropical storm when it hits, as it has slowed down. Expect some flooding in Eastern and Central NC.
