Chantal continues to bring flooding rain as it moves inland after South Carolina landfall
Chantal made landfall early Sunday morning as a tropical storm and will continue to bring rain and wind to the eastern Carolinas as it moves inland.
Video from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, shows Chantal’s strong winds and heavy rain as the storm moved through the region on July 6.
Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall early Sunday morning at 4 a.m. EDT near Litchfield Beach, South Carolina. As Chantal continues to move inland flooding rain will continue. However, Chantal is losing wind intensity and is now a tropical depression.
After AccuWeather proactively declared the tropical system off the Southeast coast a tropical rainstorm on Friday morning to raise public awareness, it strengthened and became Tropical Depression 3 on Friday afternoon. The tropical depression then gained further wind intensity and became Tropical Storm Chantal on Saturday morning.
"This was a classic example of homegrown development, by which a tropical storm formed close to the southeast Atlantic coast and in an area where it is typical for July," said AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva.
Chantal was the third tropical storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, following Andrea and Barry from June.
Heavy rain will continue on Monday in portions of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. West of Raleigh, North Carolina over 8 inches of rain fell and significant flooding occurred Sunday night. Due to the prolonged nature of the heavy rain and rainfalls rates over 2 inches per hour, flooding can occur quickly and without warning.
Across southern Virginia, rainfall totals of 2-4 inches are expected which can lead to localized flash flooding, especially in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
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On Sunday, there were a few reports of tornadoes in central North Carolina along. This is common with tropical systems, since there is already spin associated with it. They are usually less intense and shorter-lived than they are in other cases, but they can still cause enhanced damage on a localized level.
Flooding rainfall will continue to be the primary impact from Chantal as it moves through Virginia on Monday. As onshore flow continues, there can be rough surf and dangerous rip currents along the coast.
Even after Chantal moves farther inland and continues to lose wind intensity, there will still be clouds and downpours that can extend well northward along the mid-Atlantic coast. This could limit the eastern extent of heat that will be building from the Appalachians westward.
"Elsewhere in the tropical Atlantic, there is a vast area of dry air, wind shear and Saharan dust that will limit or prevent tropical development in the short term, and that is not unusual for July," explained DaSilva.
Conversely, the eastern Pacific has been very active. AccuWeather meteorologists are watching for more development in the coming days. Luckily, no land impacts are expected.
The next name on the list for the 2025 eastern Pacific season is Gil.
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