 Upon becoming a subtropical cyclone , the National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch from Edisto Beach , South Carolina to Oregon Inlet in North Carolina , including the Pamlico Sound . As the storm approached the coast , the watch south of Cape Fear , North Carolina was discontinued , and a tropical storm warning was issued from Surf City , North Carolina northward to the North Carolina – Virginia state border ; a watch was also issued northward to Cape Charles Light on the Delmarva Peninsula , and to New Point Comfort on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay , which was upgraded to a warning the next day . 
