Nor'easter without a name to bring ocean flooding and high winds to US East Coast

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MIAMI (AP) — A storm without a name was expected to bring flooding to the East Coast from South Carolina to New Jersey and high winds to New York City over the holiday weekend.

While the storm affecting the eastern U.S. wasn't tropical, two other tropical storms were churning in the Atlantic Ocean, including Tropical Storm Jerry that dumped heavy rain on the northern Leeward Islands. There were rescues and one person was missing in the French territory of Guadeloupe, officials said.

Two tropical storms were also in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storm Priscilla was expected to bring heavy rain from coastal Mexico into the U.S. Southwest through the weekend. Flood watches were issued for parts of Arizona, California and Nevada.

In the U.S., the unnamed storm was expected to flood parts of Charleston, South Carolina. The city was offering free parking in some garages. A high tide of 8.4 feet (2.6 meters) was forecast Friday, which would be the 15th highest in more than a century of recorded data in Charleston Harbor.

The persistent, strong winds from the unnamed nor'easter and unusually high king tides, when the moon is closer than usual to the Earth, had forecasters predicting more problems this weekend along the North Carolina Outer Banks, where a series of storms that have moved well offshore have destroyed 10 houses in the past month and breached dunes.

Officials warned highway N.C. 12 on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands would likely have to close again because of ocean overwash.

The worst conditions will spread north this weekend as the storm moves up from Florida. Forecasters warned people on the shores of Delaware and New Jersey to prepare for major coastal flooding.

A high wind watch was issued for parts of New York City and Long Island where forecasters warned gusts of up to 60 mph (95 kph) were possible Sunday.

Out in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Jerry was pulling away Friday from the northern Leeward Islands, but heavy rain continued.

In Guadeloupe, searchers continued to look for a missing person and eight people were rescued on board two boats, the government said.

“Pointe-à-Pitre is badly affected and is struggling to drain this water. Many places are flooded,” Thierry Devimeux, the island’s government leader, told radio station Guadeloupe La 1ère.

Areas of Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda and the Dutch Caribbean territory of Saint Maarten saw as much as 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain, closing government offices and schools.

Jerry was centered about 840 miles (1,350 kilometers) south of Bermuda and moving northwest at 16 mph (26 kph) with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph).

Way up in the northern Atlantic, Subtropical Storm Karen formed far from land. Karen had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph) and was expected to maintain that strength Friday before dissipating Saturday.

A subtropical storm tends to have a wide zone of strong winds farther from its center compared to a tropical storm, which generates heavier rains, according to the U.S. National Weather Service.

In the Pacific, Tropical Storms Priscilla and Raymond both threatened heavy rain along the Mexican coast.

Priscilla was centered about 195 miles (315 kilometers) west-northwest of Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico, and moving north at 5 mph (7 kph) with maximum sustained winds of about 45 mph (75 kph).

Tropical storm warnings associated with Raymond were in effect from Punta San Telmo to Cabo Corrientes, Mexico, and a tropical storm watch was in effect for Baja California Sur from Los Barriles to Santa Fe, Mexico.

Raymond was forecast to remain off the southwestern coast of Mexico through Friday before nearing Baja California Sur on Saturday and Sunday.

Raymond was about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. It had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) and was moving northwest at 15 mph (24 kph), forecasters said.