Virginia, Carolinas face flood threat as far-reaching storm soaks mid-Atlantic
Increasing forecast rainfall, caused by enhancement by the southeast-facing slope will develop throughout the day. The 24-hour total may approach 5 inches on the tallest peaks, with a widespread 3 inches at lower elevations.
Areas of soaking likely in eastern half of US through Wednesday
The same storm that is dumping snow on the northern Plains will continue to produce an area of soaking rain across the eastern half of the country through midweek.
The same storm dumping snow on the northern Plains will continue to produce soaking rain across the eastern half of the country through midweek.
The FOX Forecast Center said rain will fall across a large area Tuesday with a flood threat potentially setting up across portions of the southern Blue Ridge and Great Smokies.
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Increasing forecast rainfall, caused by orographic enhancement from the southeast-facing slopes will develop throughout the day. The 24-hour total may approach 5 inches on the tallest peaks, with a widespread 3 inches at lower elevations.
"It is certainly going to be a very wet go of things," said FOX Weather Meteorologist Michael Estime.
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The greatest risk of flooding extends from parts of South Carolina to Virginia, with North Carolina likely seeing some of the heaviest rain. NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center has placed this region in a Level 2 out of 4 risk for flash flooding.
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Upwards of 5 inches of rain with some isolated readings of as much as 8 inches are possible through Wednesday, mainly across the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina and points east.
Heading into late in the week, a coastal low will attempt to develop off the east coast. This, in conjunction with moisture from the Plains blizzard, will allow for rain to break out across most of the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, before spreading into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast late Wednesday into Friday.
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Overall, around 1-3 inches of rain will be possible through late Friday.