aco ▁in ▁the ▁Bah am as . ▁Mov ing ▁stead ily ▁west - n orth west wards , ▁Bon nie ▁intens ified ▁into ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 8 . ▁Short ly ▁there after , ▁the ▁storm ▁reached ▁its ▁peak ▁wind s ▁of ▁ 4 5   m ph ▁( 7 5   km / h ). ▁However , ▁due ▁to ▁host ile ▁environmental ▁conditions , ▁Bon nie ▁weak ened ▁to ▁a ▁de pression ▁hours ▁before ▁making ▁land fall ▁just ▁east ▁of ▁Is le ▁of ▁Pal ms , ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁on ▁May   2 9 . ▁Ste ering ▁curr ents ▁col lapsed ▁afterwards , ▁causing ▁the ▁storm ▁to ▁me ander ▁over ▁South ▁Carolina ▁for ▁two ▁days . ▁The ▁storm ▁weak ened ▁further ▁into ▁a ▁non - t rop ical ▁rem nant ▁low ▁on ▁May   3 1 , ▁before ▁emer ging ▁off ▁the ▁coast ▁while ▁moving ▁generally ▁east - n ortheast wards . ▁On ▁June   2 , ▁Bon nie ▁reg ener ated ▁into ▁a ▁tropical ▁de pression ▁just ▁off sh ore ▁North ▁Carolina ▁as ▁conditions ▁became ▁slightly ▁more ▁favor able . ▁The ▁next ▁day , ▁despite ▁increasing ▁wind ▁she ar ▁and ▁cool ing ▁sea ▁surface ▁temper atures , ▁Bon nie ▁re int ens ified ▁into ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm ▁and ▁reached ▁its ▁minimum ▁bar ometric ▁pressure ▁of ▁. ▁The ▁storm ▁weak ened ▁to ▁a ▁tropical ▁de pression ▁late ▁on ▁June   4 ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁non - t rop ical ▁low ▁again ▁early ▁the ▁next ▁day ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁of