Portion of Brunswick, New Hanover sees 15-20″ of rain in two weeks

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — It’s been extremely wet over the past few weeks and the rainfall totals around southeastern North Carolina are impressive.

Wilmington has picked up measurable rain for the last 15 days, totaling more than 15 inches.

A large portion of the coastal areas have received at least 10 inches. In fact, portions of eastern Brunswick and New Hanover counties had amounts ranging from 15-20 inches. Parts of southern New Hanover County have received 600 percent above normal rainfall just in the last two weeks alone.

Because of this, it will not take that much rainfall to create flooding in some of these areas.

At this time, storms are not expected to be as widespread over the weekend as they were Friday, but could still be problematic.

The reason behind this mess? A ridge of high pressure is anchored to our east over the Atlantic, while a trough sits in the midwestern United States. This allows a plume of tropical moisture to filter into our region, which helps spark numerous showers and thunderstorms.

July was the 4th wettest in history.