Rapidly changing weather conditions have officials along the Grand Strand preparing for significant rainfall and possible heavy flooding in some areas beginning Thursday and through the weekend as Hurricane Joaquin strengthens in the Atlantic.
Hurricane Joaquin will bring a lot of tropical moisture to the coast through the weekend with current forecasts indicating the Grand Strand could get anywhere from 5 to 7 inches of rain, said Josh Weiss of the National Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C.
7 to 10 inches of rain expected along the Grand Strand through the weekend.“There could be some areas that get more and some less but the important thing to note,” Weiss said, “is there could be higher totals.”
Joaquin became the third hurricane of the season as it gained strength and organization Wednesday morning developing winds of 80 mph. Over the next two to three days, it was forecasted to reach category 42 intensity but should not reach land.
Weiss said there remains a lot of uncertainty as to Joaquin’s track, and although it is expected to remain well east of the Myrtle Beach area, a shift Wednesday to the west brings a higher chance of tropical storm winds and flooding across northeast South Carolina and southeast North Carolina.
“The key is to continue to pay attention because this could become a serious flooding concern,” Weiss warned, noting that some coastal flooding has already occurred in the Garden City Beach area due to high tide.
Regardless of the track Joaquin takes, National Weather Service forecasters say a “significant rainfall event is becoming more likely.”
Hurricane Joaquin will bring a lot of tropical moisture to the coast through the weekend with current forecasts indicating the Grand Strand could get anywhere from 5 to 7 inches of rain, said Josh Weiss of the National Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C.
7 to 10 inches of rain expected along the Grand Strand through the weekend.“There could be some areas that get more and some less but the important thing to note,” Weiss said, “is there could be higher totals.”
Weiss said there remains a lot of uncertainty as to Joaquin’s track, and although it is expected to remain well east of the Myrtle Beach area, a shift Wednesday to the west brings a higher chance of tropical storm winds and flooding across northeast South Carolina and southeast North Carolina.
“The key is to continue to pay attention because this could become a serious flooding concern,” Weiss warned, noting that some coastal flooding has already occurred in the Garden City Beach area due to high tide.
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Be careful out there, we will be praying for you.
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