Several parts of the Midlands could see historic amounts of rain this week from Hurricane Debby, the latest forecast shows.
According to a National Weather Service forecast Monday morning, Debby could generate up to 15 inches of rain in the Midlands through Friday this week.
Debby made landfall in Florida on Monday. It’s expected to begin impacting the Midlands Monday night and continue through Tuesday and Wednesday. But even after the main part of the storm moves through, more rain is expected through Friday, the NWS states.
More specifically, the southern and eastern parts of the Midlands, such as Columbia and Orangeburg, could get between 10 and 15 inches of rainfall. More northern areas may receive between 3 and 8 inches. Nearly all of the Midlands could get at least 4 inches of rain from the storm, NWS states.
With the threat of heavy rain comes the likelihood of significant flooding.
“This amount of rainfall is expected to lead to widespread flooding as soils are saturated across much of the forecast area,” the NWS states.
As such, a flood watch is set to go into effect at noon on Monday. It’s set to last through Thursday evening.
The flood watch includes most of the Midlands, such as Richland, Lexington, Kershaw, Sumter, Clarendon, Calhoun, Lee and Orangeburg counties. Extensive street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers is possible, the NWS states.
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