September 30, 2018
Hurricane Florence dropped 8 trillion gallons of rain on North Carolina
18 September 2018 (NWS Raleigh) – Here’s the unofficial, radar-estimated storm total rainfall from Hurricane Florence over all North Carolina (actual gauge-measured amounts not included). Using the average rainfall over the state, Florence dropped about 8.04 trillion gallons of rain on NC.Note: these radar estimates are off by roughly a factor of 2 (too low) for Mecklenburg/Union/Cabarrus Counties. We had several reports of 11-14″ in Union County!
