Posted on 08/06/2024 1:02:11 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Tropical Storm Debby is moving back over water where it could restrengthen some off the Southeast coast, but its main threat continues to be potentially historic heavy rainfall that could produce catastrophic flooding in parts of the Southeast the next several days.
Debby's moisture will also fuel a threat of flooding rain in the Northeast U.S. in the days ahead.
Here's where Debby is now and where it will head next. Debby is centered near Tybee Island, Georgia, as a tropical storm. Its shield of rain extends from southeast Georgia and extreme northeast Florida to much of South Carolina, eastern and southern North Carolina and southern Virginia.
Flash flood warnings are in effect from eastern Georgia, including Savannah into the Lowcountry of South Carolina, including Charleston, Hilton Head and Myrtle Bach.
Parts of the Charleston metro have seen nearly a foot of rain and more than 8 inches has fallen in Savannah, Georgia.
A tornado watch is in effect until 5 p.m. EDT from eastern South Carolina to southeast North Carolina.
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40 mph winds as of 2pm EDT.
Let’s not give them any ideas, now.
Does this mean the drought is over?
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I called my brother in law in Pawley’s Island, SC this morning. They already had 8” of rain. Expected another 6” today/tomorrow. It was already flooding down by the intercoastal waterway. They expect Georgetown, SC will flood again by this weekend when all the rain moves down river.
I know that much of New England has been very wet, but our area hasn’t and we need it. However they are forecasting 2” for Fri and Sat.
Looks like our pond will be recharged after all.
It’s steady rain around Columbia SC.
Here in the South Central PA region — York, PA — we could use 2 weeks of steady, slow rainfall. It’s dry and the Flora & Fauna are PO’d without more water.
We were very dry in south central NH until about a week ago. Even started watering my fruit trees. We have now received about four thunderstorm days in the last week or so.
All with very substantial rain, including today.
Unfortunately, my wife and I have a trip planned to Bar Harbor/Acadia this weekend. It is supposed to rain Friday, Saturday and Sunday. IF I had not paid for it in April(no refunds available) I would bail.
Does this mean the drought is over?
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Lord, please bring me some rain, but not 20 inches. Just two days of feeder bans off and on for a good ol’ fashioned slow soaker. I know I’m awfully finicky, Lord. Thanks Lord.
Remember hurricane Agnes ? Careful what you ask for
Greenville SC hasn’t seen a drop and we need it
The thing about an extremely heavy/torrential rain over a relatively short period of time, it doesn’t typically do much to relieve a drought. The ground is too hard to absorb it and the rain just runs off and into streams and rivers, into roadways, into flood control ponds, etc. If you want to relieve a drought, what you need is a slow, steady soaking rain off and on and spaced out over a week or over several weeks.
I’m in York too and was talking with a co-worker just this afternoon. She’s sick of trying to water her flowers and other plants and without rain, is about to just let them dry up and die, and as she’s just outside of the public water system and relies on well water, she fears it going dry and is really hoping for rain.
But as you said, slow and steady is the key. A deluge of heavy rain over just a day or two is just going to run off the dry hard ground without soaking in.
The irony is, as I’m sure you remember, was that the spring here was so wet. I remember thinking that the rain would never end.
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