Overnight rain has already taken a toll on the Charlotte area, for better and for worse, and it isn’t over yet. Showers are expected to continue throughout the morning Thursday.
As the entirety of North Carolina battles an ongoing drought, these downpours are a welcomed sight. This system has brought the most rain the Queen City’s seen in months. A rain gauge at the Ballantyne Country Club recorded about 1 3/4 inches of rainfall had fallen as of 6:30 a.m.
Most rain in months! Totals throughout Charlotte have been amazing including this gauge at the Ballantyne Country Club. About 1 3/4″ of rainfall so far. pic.twitter.com/TWUe3TkaHf
— Keith Monday (@kmondayWSOC9) May 7, 2026
With heavy rain however, comes complications. The rain brought down a tree on South Gardner Avenue overnight. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department cleared it out of the west Charlotte road around 1 a.m.
Tree limbs were also reportedly blocking parts of W.T. Harris Boulevard at Lakeview Road Thursday morning…