Tropical storm warnings have been extended up to Surf City, North Carolina, as Tropical Storm Chantal is offshore from the southeastern U.S. on Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.The storm has maximum sustained winds of up to 50 mph and is moving north at just 8 mph.

The storm's center was located about 65 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday night, and 120 miles south of Wilmington, North Carolina.

Tropical Storm Chantal formed Saturday morning about 150 miles off the coast of South Carolina, prompting tropical storm warnings for portions of the Carolinas.The National Weather Service in Miami said the storm was located south-southeast of Charleston,