From Observer Reports
Recent rains have finally moved Anderson County out of the drought category after more than a year. With more than four inches of rain reported in some parts of the county since Saturday, lake levels are rising and the county is finally beginning to move toward normal precipitation status.
According to the United States Drought Monitor, the county has moved into abnormally dry category, after more than a year of being designated as severe drought and drought.
The threat of flooding continues across the area as heavy rain soaked the area have prompted new flood watches as a massive storm system sweeps eastward.
The National Weather Service said flash flood watches early Tuesday extended from southeast Louisiana across Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and a sliver of southern Virginia.