The Miami-based National Hurricane Center forecasted Chantal to make landfall between Charleston, South Carolina and Cape Fear, North Carolina, early Sunday morning. Forecasters said the storm is expected to turn to the northeast by Sunday night and the center of Chantal is expected to move across the coast of South Carolina that day.

Chantal made landfall near Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, at approximately 4 a.m. July 6 and is moving inland into South Carolina.