Flurries, floods, flight delays: a cold end to South Carolina’s fall season

Even though it’s still fall for less than two weeks, it doesn’t really feel like it outside. Especially if you’re in North Carolina.

Most of South Carolina didn’t get a snow day, but the affects of the blizzard in North Carolina and Virginia are affecting Palmetto folks all the same.

Forecasters were predicting a small chance of flurries for Monday night. The National Weather Service said early Monday rain and near-freezing temperatures for the Myrtle Beach area could result in some wintry weather. The NWS gave a 40 percent chance of mixed sleet and snow Monday night, but build up was not expected.

Still, be cautious if you’re driving.

After Monday and Tuesday, the temperature should start to rise by the coming weekend even if the rain sticks around. By Friday, the NWS expects the daytime temperature to reach the low 60s.

All this rain is sending the Little Pee Dee River back into minor flood stages through the end of the week. The Waccamaw River is not predicted to be in any flood stage this week.

Even if a white Christmas isn’t in most of the state’s forecast, flight schedules are being affected. At the Myrtle Beach International Airport, flights going to Charlotte were either delayed or canceled to Monday morning. Also Monday’s flights going to Atlanta were delayed by 20 minutes or so, as of lunchtime.

The Charleston International Airport also was seeing delays for flights to Charlotte.

Kirk Lovell, spokesperson for the Myrtle Beach airport, said passengers should check with their individual airlines to check for delays or cancellations. Flight schedules can typically be found on the airlines’ individual websites, too.

As conditions improve, flights should get back on schedule. Most evening flights to Charlotte were still on schedule. Most flights heading to New York, Chicago or Washington also were on schedule.

This story was originally published December 10, 2018 at 12:27 PM.