tornado near fer nan dina beach, florida, tearing apart this roof. as soon as i puts the phone down, a huge gush of wind and i looked out the window and it was literally like it was coming off the ocean and i got so frightened i screamed. reporter: the sunshine state pummelled with rain for two days as the flood threat now spreads up the east coast. forecasters predict some areas could see as much as six inches of rain. and as you see in this picture taken in florida after andrea, brighter days will come after this long, wet weekend. reporter: there have been no evacuations ordered for this beach so far. some residents have gotten out ahead of the wet weather while others say they re going to ride it on out. stay safe and try to stay dry. nick valencia in north carolina. so where is that storm headed now when it s done with nick? let s ask meteorologist al exan
it is friday, june 7. 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with a looming rainmaker, the kind the east coast has not seen since hurricane sandy. in other words, forget those weekend plans. tropical storm andrea has already walloped florida seriously injuring one woman. it made its way through georgia overnight and today it s expected to churn up the eastern seaboard to bring with it rain, flooding and the possibility of heavy tornadoes. nick valencia is in south carolina. what do conditions look like right now? reporter: good morning, john. the wind is really starting to pick up here as you mentioned in the last few minutes. tropical storm andrea caused a mess in florida and now it s making its way up the eastern seaboard. rain, rain and more rain. the fast-moving tropical storm andrea is making her presence known up and down the eastern seaboard. the first storm of the hurricane season will dump rain through the weekend in every state from florida to maine. parts of the northeast seein
force winds extend from the center at 140 miles. here s the current radar, heaviest rain you can see here in eastern north carolina and in virginia. and that s for the threat of tornadoes today. coastal areas of north carolina and into virginia, although it s not a huge threat. biggest threat with this in the calling card will be the incredible amounts of rain. this is the rain we have seen in florida, three to five, four to six inches in southeast georgia. and what we ll see in the aggregate, two to four inches and a s.w.a.t. along the coastal areas of new england, two to four inches locally. could see more than that, even. that s why flood threats here in the green along the coast all the way from providence, even into maine with this thing. so it speeds and moves northeastward and drops rain as it goes. isolated tornadoes today, north carolina into virginia. but you can see by tonight, boston, new york, you re wet.
dra steele. let me tell you on some days, new york to washington, is partly sunny skies and 81 degrees. it s a fast mover rocketing the northeast at 28 miles per hour. its center of circulation, northeast of sa van na, georgia, by about 30 miles. you can barely see on the satellite but two threats with this. one will be the heavy rain and thus the flood threat and second are the tornadoes. we do have a tornado warning already right now. i ll show you where that is. the heaviest rain, maximum sustained winds at 45 miles per hour but off the coast here where the heaviest rain bands are. that s where the strongest winds are right off the coast. here s our tornado warning. it s an eastern north carolina until 6:30 this morning. so the threats for tornadoes are there through today and through tonight. what we ve seen rain wise, you can see, 3 to 5 inches, 4 to 6 in southeast georgia. that threat, the heaviest rain
rain totals they haven t seen since superstorm sandy last october. in roadways all across the south, downed trees and closed streets, making it challenging to get around. it s pretty bad. and the flooding around here is getting worse and worse. reporter: in florida andrea spawned multiple tornadoes. one twister near palm beach flipping a 28-foot boat, blowing cars off of driveways and snapping trees in half. i didn t hear it coming. reporter: another reported a tornado near this beach in florida tearing apart this roof. as soon as i put the phone down, a huge gush of wind and i looked out the window and it was literally like it was coming off the ocean. and i got so frightened i screamed. reporter: the sunshine state pummeled with rain for two days as the flood threat now spreads up the east coast. forecasters predict some areas could see as much as six inches of rain. and as you see in this picture taken in florida after andrea, brighter days will come after