Day 272: Eastern North Carolina Flooding
This certainly has been the year of the flood, or so it seems.
Wilmington, NC (far southeast North Carolina) has just set their all-time 4-day precipitation record. The record was 19.06″ which occurred with Hurricane Floyd in 1999. As of 10:45 PM EDT, Wilmington, NC had received 19.09″ of rain with heavy rain still falling. As you can see with the radar image above, the heavy rain will continue for the near future…
If you are traveling in eastern North Carolina, remember: “Turn Around; Don’t Drown”.
About Patrick
Patrick Marsh is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology. He earned a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas in 2005 and a Masters of Science in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma in 2007. In addition to working on his doctorate, Patrick serves as the National Severe Storms Laboratory Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed where his research interests lie in working with operational forecasters, data mining, data visualization, and all things high-impact weather. For more about Patrick's work, check out his complete CV!
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