Tropical remnants bring heavy rain, flash flood risk to the Triad

Remnants of Chantal bring heavy rain, flash flood risk to the Triad today

Heavy rain, flash flooding possible Sunday in North Carolina

THIS STORM IS HEADED OUR WAY. SO METEOROLOGIST DYLAN BUTLER JOINS ME NOW TO SHARE THE IMPACTS THAT WE’LL SEE FROM THIS STORM HERE IN THE TRIAD LATER ON TODAY. DYLAN. YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. THINGS REALLY WON’T START TO RAMP UP UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY EXPECTING SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING EVERYONE WILL SEE. ONLY A HANDFUL OF OUR LOCAL COUNTIES WITH THESE IMPACTS FROM WHAT’S LEFT OF TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL. THAT BEING SAID, IT IS ENOUGH OF THE AREA AND A VERY POPULATED PART OF THE AREA THROUGH THE TRIAD TO WHERE THE WEATHER WILL BE IMPACTFUL LATER ON. THAT’S WHY IT IS A WEATHER IMPACT DAY. TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL MADE LANDFALL ABOUT JUST OVER AN HOUR AGO NEAR MYRTLE BEACH, WITH 50 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE AT THE COAST FOR MYRTLE BEACH, OAK ISLAND, INCLUDING CAROLINA BEACH, AND EVEN UP TOWARD SURF CITY ALONG THE CRYSTAL COAST. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS CONTINUE DOWN THERE. I’LL STEP BACK FOR A MOMENT. THIS IS A CAMERA IN NORTH MYRTLE BEACH. YOU SEE THE PALM TREES BLOWING IN THE WIND THERE. ROUGH SURF, TROPICAL RAIN, BANDS COMING THROUGH. CERTAINLY NOT THE WORST STORM MYRTLE BEACH HAS EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH, BUT STILL. CHANTAL PACKING A BIT OF A PUNCH THIS MORNING DOWN THERE IN HORRY COUNTY AND COASTAL BRUNSWICK COUNTY, THEY’VE HAD SOME 20 TO 30 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS, MAYBE A COUPLE 40 TO 50 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS REPORTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST, BUT NOTHING TOO SEVERE SO FAR. CHANTAL WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA, KIND OF ALONG THE THE US ONE CORRIDOR THROUGH THE TRIANGLE. LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AS THE REMNANTS LIFT NORTHWARD. WE’RE LIKELY TO SEE SOME HEAVY RAIN, MAYBE A BREEZE AT TIMES, BUT WE’RE STILL A COUPLE HOURS AWAY FROM THAT. ONLY A COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY THIS MORNING. THE REST OF THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH CHANTAL. STILL WELL TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. SO THIS MORNING WE’RE GOING TO START TO SEE THOSE CLOUDS INCREASE. AND AS THE MORNING GOES ON, SLOWLY BUT SURELY, THOSE OUTER BANDS OF SHOWERS WILL START TO ROLL IN. BIGGEST CONCERN TODAY WILL BE FOR SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. AND IT’S REALLY VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THAT CENTER OF CIRCULATION TRACKS, WITH THE GREATEST RISK FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD ADD UP PRETTY QUICKLY. THIS YELLOW SHADED AREA FROM GREENSBORO TO ABOUT THE RALEIGH DURHAM AREA, WITH THE GREATEST CONCERN FOR SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE FROM THE TRIAD AND POINTS EASTWARD, AS THOSE REMNANTS IN THAT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTS THROUGH. SO FOR THE TRIAD AND POINTS EAST TOWARDS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA, HEAVY RAIN PONDING. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THAT BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, FLASH FLOODING ALSO CERTAINLY POSSIBLE FOR A FEW LOCATIONS. NOT CONCERNED ABOUT GUSTY WINDS. IT SHOULD JUST BE A LITTLE BREEZY AT TIMES TODAY. NOTHING CONCERNING AND OUR STORM RISK AT LOW TO ZERO AS WELL. THAT SHOULD BE IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SO LET ME TIME IT OUT FOR YOU HOUR BY HOUR ON OUR SUNDAY NEXT FEW HOURS. LIKELY DRY FOR MOST FOLKS LATE MORNING. BY EARLY AFTERNOON, THOSE SHOWERS AND SOME POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN START TO PIVOT IN FROM THE SOUTH. AND AGAIN, THIS IS TRIAD AND POINTS EASTWARD. THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LIKELY GET LITTLE TO NO RAIN FROM THIS, BUT FROM WINSTON TO GREENSBORO, ASHEBORO AND BURLINGTON LIKELY A VERY WET AFTERNOON FOR OUR EASTERN COMMUNITY FOLKS AS THE REMNANTS LIFT THROUGH THE TRIAD. THIS BEGINS AROUND MIDDAY, CONTINUES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE THAT RAIN STARTS TO TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND BY MONDAY MORNING WE ARE DRY. BUT IT’S THAT HEAVY RAIN SWATH WE’RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIALLY MONTGOMERY, RANDOLPH AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES GOING TOWARD THE RALEIGH-DURHAM AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN AS THE REMNANTS OF CHANTAL MOVE THROUGH, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. THE REST OF US GET A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, WHICH WE CAN HANDLE, OR NO RAIN AT ALL IN OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. SO A VERY POINT TO POINT SPECIFIC FORECAST TODAY. AGAIN, NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, MAINLY DRY, BUT THAT RAIN IN THE TRIAD REALLY STARTS TO PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF IT COULD BE HEAVY WITH A NORTHEASTERLY BREEZE AS THOSE REMNANTS CHANTAL MOVE THROUGH. MAYBE AN ISOLATED SHOWER. POSSIBLE FOR THE FOOTHILLS, BUT MAINLY THINKING JUST CLOUDS IN OUR WESTERN COUNTIES THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. THIS IS A QUICK ONE DAY DEAL FOR US. CHANTAL IS LONG GONE BY TOMORROW MORNING. FROM THERE WE’RE BACK INTO A SUMMERTIME WEATHER PATTERN. IT DOES GET HOTTER EARLY THIS WEEK. MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HIGHS LIKELY IN THE LOW 90S BEFORE WE DIP BACK TO NEAR AVERAGE IN THE UPPER 80S. THAT IS YOUR FORECAST. TODAY IS A WEATHER IMPACT DAY FOR THOSE TROPICAL IMPACTS IN THE TRIAD FROM CHANTAL. AND THEN AGAIN DAILY CHANCE FOR POP UP SHOWERS AND STORMS.