Heavy rain brings drought relief and flooding to Wake County
Floodwater closed Glenwood Avenue at Ebenezer Church Road in Raleigh as some parts of the city topped 3.25 inches, bringing drought relief and serious road hazards.
Floodwater shut down Glenwood Avenue at Ebenezer Church Road in Raleigh Tuesday night. The intersection was closed because of flooding at 8:32 p.m. Tuesday.
Significant rainfall fell Monday and Monday night across parts of central North Carolina, including Wake County. The first round of storms rolled through the county around 3 p.m., then another band moved through around 6 p.m., bringing flooding, lightning strikes and downed trees across the region for a second straight night.
The size of the rainfall varied sharply over short distances. Some places in Raleigh received more than 3.25 inches of rain on Monday, while central North Carolina saw several inches in total. That rainfall came after North Carolina had remained in drought in every county, including extreme or exceptional drought in the Raleigh-Durham area.
Radar and volunteer CoCoRaHS reports showed how localized the downpours were. CoCoRaHS, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, began in 1998 with the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University in response to damaging flood events. Its spot readings capture sharp differences that can leave one neighborhood soaked while another sees only a brief shower.
In Wake County and Durham County, several places flooded enough to create serious road hazards. On major corridors like Glenwood Avenue, flooding shut down safe passage altogether.
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