Original: On May 27, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began issuing Tropical Weather Outlooks for the low while it was located about 120 miles (195 kilometers) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Simplified: On May 27, the storm was 120 miles (195 km) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina when the National Hurricane Center (NHC) decided to start monitoring the storm.