We have been tracking rain and thunderstorms this evening. A few storms at times have become strong to severe with damaging wind and hail as the primary concerns.

Heavy rainfall has been a major issue as well. Rainfall rates in some storm cells have been in excess of 5″ per hour – leading to additional flooding issues for our inland counties.

VIPIR Radar estimates that many areas received well over 6″ of rain over the past 5 days.

More rain and thunderstorm activity is expected to continue into Tuesday.

However, the overall coverage of rain will be less than what we have experienced in the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry over the past few days. 

River flooding will be an issue going into mid-week. Flood warnings have been issued for portions of the Savannah, Canoochee and Ohooppee Rivers.

Our local rivers are not forecast to reach major flood stages, but river levels will become significantly higher over the next day or so. 

A drier pattern will emerge for the later part of the week.

Well-above normal highs are expected for Thursday and into the weekend with highs in the low to mid 90s for much of the area.

Humidity levels will become much higher due to all of the heavy rain across the area. Heat index values will be in the mid to upper 90s due to the higher humidity.