<div dir="ltr"><br><div>Amidst all the news of extreme flooding in NC and nearby states, I wondered how much rainfall occurred.  The numbers are startling: <b>13 to 30 inches of rainfall in 2 days.!</b>       </div><div><br></div><div>(For comparison, the 2013 megaflood in Boulder County was "only" about 9 inches in the first 24 hours. And that amount doubled over the next 6 days. <a href="https://bouldercast.com/the-2013-boulder-flood-two-years-and-three-billion-dollars-later/">[1]</a> )</div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-article-header" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-row" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;float:left;width:1255px"><h1 class="gmail-article-headline" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:proximanova-semibold;font-weight:500;line-height:33px;color:inherit;letter-spacing:0.8px;font-size:30px"><a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/weather/2024/09/30/helene-rainfall-totals">A look at how much rain Helene dumped on western North Carolina</a></h1><div class="gmail-article-subheader gmail-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:15.3px;display:grid;text-transform:uppercase;background-color:rgb(247,247,247);border-radius:8px;padding:15px 20px"><div class="gmail-article-information" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;letter-spacing:0.45px;font-family:proximanova-medium-webfont"><div class="gmail-article-byline-information" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">BY </span><span class="gmail-article-byline-reporter-list" style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/weather-team/2017/11/17/lee-ringer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,136,206);text-decoration-line:none">METEOROLOGIST LEE RINGER</a> </span><span class="gmail-article-location" style="box-sizing:border-box">NORTH CAROLINA</span></div><div class="gmail-article-date-information" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1185px"><span class="gmail-article-date-publish-updated" style="box-sizing:border-box"></span><span class="gmail-article-date-publish empire-visible empire-byline gmail-noUpdatedDate" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block">PUBLISHED 9:00 AM ET SEP. 30, 2024</span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-col-xs-12" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;float:left;width:1255px"><div class="gmail-article-body" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-text gmail-parbase" style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:1.42857;letter-spacing:0.6px;padding-top:15px">When Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday night along the Big Bend section of Florida's Gulf coast, heavy rain was already falling in western North Carolina. A stalled front pulled moisture well to the north of Florida starting late Wednesday. The rain then continued through Friday when the storm tracked to the north resulting in devastating flooding across communities all around our mountains.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:1.42857;letter-spacing:0.6px">Here are the areas that saw over a foot of rain based on reports from the National Weather Service:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Busick 30.78"<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Spruce Pine  24.12"<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Hendersonville 21.96"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Seven Devils: 21.47"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Davidson River 18.02"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Asheville (NC Arboretum) 17.31"<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Mountain Home 17.09"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Blowing Rock: 16.91"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Guion Farm 16.90"<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Candler 16.18"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Tryon 15.78"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Grandfather 15.42"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Salem 15.30"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Highlands 14.86"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Banner Elk 14.85"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Sparta: 14.35"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Mills River 13.26"</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Swannanoa 13.21"<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"></li></ul></div><div class="gmail-box-wrapper" style="box-sizing:border-box"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="gmail-story-rail" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:proximanova-regular-webfont;font-size:0px"><div class="gmail-content-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