The map showed coastal North Carolina and Virginia as facing the highest risk of tropical impacts. Should the storm stall off the coast of North Carolina, DaSilva said his biggest concerns are waves, rip currents, and coastal flooding along the southeast coast up through parts of the mid-Atlantic shoreline.

An area of low pressure in the central tropical Atlantic Ocean is expected to form as a tropical depression within the next day, becoming Tropical Storm Jerry not long after, forecasters said Tuesday morning.