Home to a 200-year storm and severe flooding. The major news media are reporting it as being Hurricane Joaquin related but Cliff Mass has the actual data:
Extraordinary Flooding Possible In South Carolina
Although I generally keep my view on Pacific Northwest weather, the forecasts for South Carolina and vicinity are so unusual and threatening that I wanted to mention it. And because of Boeing, there are concerns about what happens around Charleston, SC.
Huge rainfall totals are forecast to hit that region, with 10-20 inches being expected in some locations. Flooding should be expected.
This flooding is NOT directly associated with Hurricane Joaquin, but with the confluence of tropical moisture streams.
More at the site - Cliff posts some charts that plainly show Joaquin and the Carolina rainfall as two separate entities.
Dr. Roy Spencer has some more information including the wonderful information that Governor Nikki Haley has already declared a State of Emergency so now the Federal government can start sending aid. It was Governor Kathleen Blanco's failure to do this during Katrina that caused the several-day delay in FEMA aid during that disaster.
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