South Carolina Is Under Water

While many have focused on Hurricane Joaquin recently, a story that has only gotten press the past couple of days has been the South Carolina flooding. What happened was that a piece of upper level energy dove down into the eastern US, and began cutting off from the main flow.

The upper level low caught a stream of tropical moisture that flowed into the Carolinas, and dumped rainfall across the region. The result has been pretty ridiculous.

 

South Carolina 96-hour rainfall totals ending at 7am this morning (10/1-10/4). Wow! pic.twitter.com/bueQCn9saN

— NWS GSP (@NWSGSP) October 4, 2015

 

This entire stretch of I-95 is closed right now in South Carolina.. between I-20 and I-26 due to flooding #SCFlood pic.twitter.com/kJNQuEI39M — Ari Sarsalari (@AriWeather) October 4, 2015

 

What an incredible water vapor loop. Massive forcing for ascent. pic.twitter.com/7kymxn5Fb9

— Mark Miller (@mark_wx) October 3, 2015

 

Flooding on the west side of Florence via Dan Murphy. #scwx pic.twitter.com/eFPhz48Tds — Ed Piotrowski (@EdPiotrowski) October 4, 2015

 

My friends, the Lovelaces, are safe, but this is footage from their boat rescue on Shady Lane. @WLTX pic.twitter.com/5pAbPwuFRi

— Boyd Brown (@HBoydBrown) October 4, 2015

 

Air Base Road in Eastover. #SCFlood road washout and railroad pic.twitter.com/AlIbNfmxqM

— S.C. National Guard (@SCNationalGuard) October 4, 2015

 

Botanical parkway in West Columbia @FarleyWeather pic.twitter.com/myH10ICOHj

— Travis Blair (@tbizzle5184) October 4, 2015

Be sure to keep the citizens in the Carolinas in your thoughts and prayers over the next few days. And also: Turn around, don’t drown.