Monday, October 5, 2015

Coastal Carolina Continued Flood Threat

Flood Threat Continues Into Monday Night in Coastal Carolinas, But a Drying Trend is on the Way 

Until that drier air arrives Monday night into Tuesday, a threat of flash flooding will continue in northeast South Carolina and southeast North Carolina, including locations such as Myrtle Beach and Wilmington.
This weekend, severe to catastrophic flash flooding occurred in many locations across South Carolina, including in Charleston and Columbia. Click the link below for more detailed news on the impacts of the catastrophic flooding.
Portions of South Carolina have seen more than 20 inches of rain from this storm, and widespread totals of a foot or more cover much of an area bounded by Interstate 26 on the west, Interstate 20 on the north and the Atlantic Ocean on the south and east.
Charleston International Airport broke its all-time calendar day rainfall record with 11.50 inches on Saturday. The storm-total rainfall (Oct. 1-5) through Monday was 17.32 inches, which makes it the wettest October on record at that location, crushing the old record of 12.11 inches in October 1994. This also ranks as the fourth wettest month on record overall.
Through Monday night, a feed of rich tropical moisture from the Atlantic will continue to unleash heavy rainfall on the coastal Carolinas. This will only aggravate the ongoing catastrophic flooding in parts of South Carolina and southeastern North Carolina. However, by late Monday night or early Tuesday, a drying trend will finally arrive. Dry weather will then persist through much of the week ahead in the hardest hit areas.
Inland Flood Alerts

Monday Night's Forecast

Original Article: http://www.wunderground.com/news/soaking-weather-pattern-east-flooding

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