The Miami-based National Hurricane Center forecasted Chantal to make landfall between Charleston, South Carolina and Cape Fear, North Carolina, early Sunday morning. Forecasters said the storm is expected to turn to the northeast by Sunday night and the center of Chantal is expected to move across the coast of South Carolina that day.

Tropical Storm Chantal has grown slightly in strength as it nears the southeast U.S. coast. The National Hurricane Center issued warnings for parts of the Carolinas on Sunday.

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.