Chantal made landfall around 5 a.m. ET, over the eastern part of South Carolina, near Litchfield Beach, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and a minimal central pressure of 1002 mb. This is the first tropical system to make landfall in the US this season. There were heavy bands of rain falling over the region, but the heaviest precipitation stayed put over North Carolina. Throughout Sunday, Chantal has been slowly moving over the Carolinas, producing heavy rainfall across other portions of the Pee Dee and the North Carolina coastal Plains.
By Sunday evening, Chantal had already degraded to a tropical depression, but continued to drop heavy rainfall across parts of North Carolina. Tropical Depression Chantal continues to move inland, and it’s currently traveling over North Carolina. Maximum sustained winds are at 30 mph, but areas mainly east of the center could be experiencing higher gusts. Chantal will continue into the weekend, overnight into Monday. Once the system moves over the Virginia capes, there could be some restrengthening as the system briefly travels over water.
Tropical Storm Chantal this morning along the South Carolina/North Carolina coast… and then flooding as the storm moved inland. #scwx #ncwx #TropicalStormChantal pic.twitter.com/emKMksF2DS
— Brian Emfinger (@brianemfinger) July 6, 2025
Forecast for this week
Coastal South Carolina will have a chance for showers and thunderstorms on Monday. By Tuesday, another low-pressure system is approaching the Palmetto State, which could trigger the chance for a few isolated thunderstorms that could become severe. The most significant risk with these severe thunderstorms will be isolated, damaging winds across the Midlands.
The week starts with very warm weather, and temperatures stay anywhere between two and 5° above normal. High temperatures will remain between the mid- to upper 90s across the Midlands and upstate, while the coast will remain with temperatures closer to the 90s. The lows will stay around the mid-70s.