Florence Dropping Historic Rainfall Amounts Over Parts Of North Carolina.
NWS 24-Hour Rainfall Totals.
(As Of 6 AM MDT/8 AM EDT This Sunday Morning).
(As Of 6 AM MDT/8 AM EDT This Sunday Morning).
NWS 724-Hour Rainfall Totals.
(As Of 6 AM MDT/8 AM EDT This Sunday Morning).
(As Of 6 AM MDT/08 AM EDT Sunday, Sept 16, 2018).
North Carolina 48-Hour CoCoRaHS Rainfall Totals.
(As Of 9 AM MDT/11 AM EDT Sunday, Sept 16, 2018).
North Carolina 72-Hour CoCoRaHS Rainfall Totals.
(As Of 9 AM MDT/11 AM EDT Sunday, Sept 16, 2018).
What appears to be historic rainfall totals are coming in near the Jacksonville area of North Carolina this morning. Swansboro (the Swansboro CoCoRaHS volunteer rainfall observer) located southeast of Jacksonville on Highway 24 has reported 33.89" of rain over the last three days as of 9 AM MDT/11 AM EDT this Sunday morning. Meanwhile the automated rain gage located south of Morehead City (Rapid Deploy Gage) is reporting a total of 57.40" over the past five days. And the rains keep falling! Historic flooding and flash flooding is ongoing as well.
💦As of 9am, Wilmington has recorded 86.79 inches of rainfall so far in 2018... this SMASHES the previous yearly precip. record of 83.65 in. set in 1877... with over 3 months to go! Sadly, this is a record we would have been happy not to break this quickly. 💦 #ncwx #wxhistory— NWS Wilmington NC (@NWSWilmingtonNC) September 16, 2018
The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!
Comments
Post a Comment
Your comments, questions, and feedback on this post/web page are welcome.