Thanks to long-time friend and Birmingham-based professional photographer Michael Clemmer for relaying some more notes from Wilmington, North Carolina. Mike used to live in that city and still has friends there. He specializes in special photography of golf courses all over and used to be on the staff of Southern Living magazine. Here are the notes:
…..4.6 inches of rain at Leland as of Wednesday evening. About 13.75 inches had drenched the Sunny Point Military Terminal and 10.44 inches at Bolivia.
…..Bald Head Island had received 8.63 inches of rain and Ocean Isle more than 5 inches in that same time period.
…..In Pender County, rainfall near Burgaw had registered 13.40 inches as of 8:00 last night the most recent data available.
…..Meteorologists measured 11.20 inches near Holly Shelter and 11.43 inches on Surf City. Those areas probably got several more inches last night.
…..By far, the largest amount of rain fell on New Hanover County. As of 1:00 a.m. today, forecasters measured 20.25 inches. This surpassed the former record of 19.06 inches set by Hurricane Floyd more than a decade ago.
SOME CURRENT SPOT REPORTS
…At Cape Hatteras, it was cloudy with south wind gusting to 46 mph.
…Morehead City, heavy rain, south wind averaging 32 with gusts to 41.
…Washington National Airport, steady rain, wind S, gusts to 35.
…Patuxent River, heavy rain, SE wind, gusts 25.
…New York City/Central Park, cloudy, wind S, gusts 37.
…Poughkeepsie (NY), steady heavy rain, visibility only 3/4 mile.
